Making a Community Bicycle Friendly November 3 rd, 2011

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1 Making a Community Bicycle Friendly November 3 rd, 2011 Dorian Grilley, Executive Director Nick Mason, Program Manager

2 Mission To provide leadership and a unified voice for bicycle education, advocacy and efforts to make Minnesota more bicycle friendly so that more people will ride bicycles more often.

3 Four Types of Transportation Cyclists Strong & Fearless Enthused & Confident 60 Interested but Concerned Not a chance Bikemn.org The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota info@bikemn.org

4 Vision Minnesota is a state where bicycling is a safe, easy, fun and cool choice for everyone.

5 BikeMN Programs Advocacy Education Promotions & Events Technical Assistance

6 Education Program Smart Cycling Curricula Share the Road/ Drive Your Bike Safe Routes to School Education including assemblies & rodeos

7 Advocacy Statewide Complete Streets Unchanging Red Light Law 2011 Advocacy Campaigns MN Bike Summit at the state capital: February 2011 SHIP funding support The Mississippi River Trail (MRT) as MN s 1 st state bikeway SRTS: State Funding Match & Statewide Policy

8 Promotions & Events Getting more people on bikes: Host the Saint Paul Classic 2011 launch of Mankato River Ramble Support community events like Open Streets, Mayor s rides, etc. Bike Friendly State Campaign

9 Technical Assistance: Building a Bike-Friendly MN Bicycle Friendly Businesses & Communities include the five E s: Education of bicyclists & motorists Enforcement of laws for all road users Engineering of good bicycle facilities Encouragement and promotion Evaluation and planning of and for bicycling

10 How Does Your State Rank in Bicycle Friendliness? 1. Washington 2. Wisconsin 3. Maine 4. Minnesota 5. Oregon

11 BikeMN Benchmarks staff Strategic plan progress members in 130 cities Doubled BFC s (2) Most BFB s in the nation (23) LCIs (2) Major campaign wins

12 Working for a Bicycle Friendly America

13 What is the BFC Program? Started in 1996 with simple criteria Revised in Award levels Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Program recognizes communities for bicycle friendliness and provides roadmap and assistance to become better.

14 Application Criteria Online application - 70 questions; 5 E s: Engineering Education Encouragement Enforcement Evaluation & Planning

15 Application Review 350+ applications Reviewed by staff and external reviewer Feedback from local cyclists and advocates

16 Designated Communities Platinum Boulder, CO Davis, CA Portland, OR Gold Corvallis, OR Eugene, OR Fort Collins, CO Jackson/ Teton County, WY Madison, WI Palo Alto, CA San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Stanford, CA Tucson/ Pima region, AZ Minneapolis, MN Silver Ann Arbor, MI Arlington, VA Austin, TX Bend, OR Bellingham, WA Breckenridge, CO Chicago, IL Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, MO Durango, CO Flagstaff, AZ Folsom, CA Gainesville, FL Missoula, MT Olympia, WA Presidio of San Francisco, CA Salt Lake City, UT San Luis Obispo, CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Cruz, CA Scottsdale, AZ Steamboat Springs, CO Tempe, AZ Wood River Valley, ID *Bold represents populations under 20K

17 Bronze Communities Ada County, ID Albany, OR Albuquerque, NM Alexandria, VA Anchorage, AK Arvada, CO Arcata, CA Ashland, OR Auburn, AL Baton Rouge, LA Bainbridge Island, WA Beaverton, OR Bend, OR Billings, MT Bloomington, IN Boca Raton, FL Brentwood, CA Brunswick, ME Burlington, VT Calistoga, CA Carmel, IN Carrboro, NC Cary, NC Cedar Falls, IA Chandler, AZ Chattanooga, TN Chico, CA Claremont, CA Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Dayton, OH Denver, CO Gilbert, AZ Grand Rapids, MI Greensboro, NC Greenville, SC Indianapolis, IN Iowa City, IA Irvine, CA La Crosse, WI Lakewood, CO Lawrence, KS Lexington-Fayette, KY Liberty Lake, WA Long Beach, CA Longmont, CO Louisville, KY Mesa, AZ Milwaukee, WI Mountain View, CA Naperville, IL Newark, DE New York, NY North Little Rock, AR Oceanside, CA Orlando, FL Oxford, MS Park City, UT Philadelphia, PA Port Townsend, WA Redmond, WA Roseville, CA Pittsburgh, PA Ridgeland, MS Rochester, MN Roswell, GA Sacramento, CA Sitka, AK St. Louis, MO Salem, OR San Jose, CA Santa Clarita, CA Santa Monica, CA Schaumburg, IL Shawnee, KS Sonoma, CA South Lake Tahoe, CA South Sioux City, NE Spartanburg, SC St. Petersburg, FL Sunnyvale, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Traverse City, MI Tulsa, OK Vail, CO Vancouver, WA Washington, DC

18 Benefits of the BFC Program Coordination Education Recognition Promotion Benchmarking Technical help Inspiration

19 Reasons to Build a Bicycle Friendly Community it s about more than just the bicycle. Bicycling is about: Health Wealth Freedom

20 Reasons to Build a BFC: Healthy Environment Bike facilities serve multiple objectives: Transportation Recreation Stormwater management Corridor, habitat preservation Air quality Removing actual cars from the road instead of equivalents!

21 Road & Mountain Biking: $1 Billion/ year Industry alone: $315 million/ year Reasons to Build a BFC: Wealth Economic Development *Sources: U of MN, Tourism, Minnesota Business

22 Reasons to Build a BFC: Wealth Economic Development Bikes mean Busine$$ Bicycle vacations are the #3 outdoor vacation activity in the U.S. Root River & the resurgence of Lanesboro ($2.2 million annual rev) MN is home to: The world s largest bike parts distributer, Quality Bicycle Products The nation s largest bike tool manufacturer, Park Tool Two of the nation s largest bike retailers: Penn Cycle & Erik s

23 Reasons to Build a BFC: Wealth Quality of Life BFCs always on short lists of best places to live. (6 in US News latest Top 10) 2009 International Ranking of Cities with highest QOL contains 8 U.S. cities: 6 are BFCs 1 Honorable Mention 1 working on designation Home buyers want to live in bicycling and walking friendly communities.

24 Bicycling is a Solution Not a problem Can help solve many local issues Powerful public policy reasons for improving conditions for bicycling, making it safer.

25 America Has a New Love

26 Parking for 14, Corvallis, OR BFC Since: 2003 Population: 53,165 Square Miles: 13.8

27 More than bicycle modeshare since 2000 Journey to work by bike 1.89% (2000) 3.5% (2011) Started state & local advocacy groups Bicycling ambassadors Mayor Rybak s support Over 200 miles of bikeways Midtown Bike Center on greenway Paths plowed first Minneapolis City of 382,500

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29 Rochester, MN City of 106,800 Bike/ Ped Advisory Committee: actively involved in education and promotion efforts. Complete Streets Policy: First policy passed in MN. Numerous promotions: promoting downtown bike parking, development of walking/cycling maps, bike to school. Partnerships: Mayo Clinic conducts a Bicycle Safety Fair and Olmsted County hosts a number of community bicycling events. Education: (4) LCIs including two city police officers, Smart Cycling programming for available for youth and adults.

30 Wood River Valley, ID Town of 12,506 BFC: Silver award miles of bike lanes, 40 miles of paved shared-use paths Bike racks on all buses SRTS $: most in the state $312K; 42% participation in B2S day Bike to Work celebration annually

31 Trempealou, WI Town of 1,319

32 BFC application in 2011: Honorable Mention Feedback and action since February: Evaluation/ Planning Complete Streets Policy drafted, anticipate city council action early 2012 Encouragement Mayors proclaimed May 16-20, 2011 as Bike to Work week 1 st Mankato River Ramble ride: participants Mankato - North Mankato Community of 52,700

33 Mankato - North Mankato Education Added more League Cycling Instructors for a total of 8! Enforcement Met with Mankato PD for STR and Bicycle Law card distribution Engineering 1 st Bike Lanes enhancements installed Additional bike racks added in City Center area

34 BFC: Getting Started Try the 10 minute Quick yclefriendlyamerica/communi tyscorecard/

35 Bicycle Friendly Business Minnesota is home to: (21) BFB s 44,000+ employees Major MN Companies: o Ameriprise Financial o Blue Cross Blue Shield o Colle + McVoy o Great River Energy o IBM o Ramsey County o University of Minnesota

36 Assemble a Stakeholder Group Include: Law Enforcement School Board Chamber of Commerce Park/ Recreation Dept Public Health Transit Agency Planning Dept Citizen bicyclists Transportation Dept Best Practice: Regularly meeting bicycle advisory committee, officially recognized and reporting to city staff & elected officials.

37 Set Central Point of Contact Ideal candidate: City staff Understands bicycling Influences decision makers Best Practice: Under 50k population, minimum 10% FTE Over 50k, minimum 50% FTE Over 100k, dedicated FT staff

38 Make a Plan Access your situation: Be realistic Be ambitious with targets Set up a timeline, accurate measurements Best Practice: Complete a city Bicycle Master Plan, or bike plan as part of your city s comprehensive plan.

39 Win Results: Complete top actions quickly An easy victory is Celebrate success Best Practice: Complete action items in each of the Five E s.

40 What Do BFC s Have? Commitment to action - Action Plan - Targets, measures Network of all facilities Complete Streets policy Breadth of programs The Five E s People riding bikes!

41 Moving Forward For more info: Nick Mason Program Manager Dorian Grilley Executive Director bikemn.org