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Minnesota Bike Summit: Late Coverage

I realize I haven’t said much about the Bike Summit here at Ride Boldly! Which, let’s get down to it: It’s been bloody nice. I’ve been working something that semi-resembles a normal job during human hours. One that requires the wearing of pants. I’ve been busy, okay?

But. I provided a recap to our friends at BikeMN [...]

March 17th, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle laws, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike events, enforcement, engineering, evaluation, legislation, minnesota, safe routes to schools, share the road, st. paul, suburbs, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Public Meetings for MnDOT Bicycle Statewide Planning Study Scheduled

Minnesota’s Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is launching a new statewide planning study intended to inventory existing bicycle facilities throughout the state, including those created by local government groups, and develop statewide policy guidelines surrounding bicycle planning. A new Statewide Bikeway Map will also be produced.

And they want our help.

MnDOT has scheduled a series of workshops to [...]

February 23rd, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle maps, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, engineering, evaluation, minnesota, public meetings, transportation options | Comments are closed

Minnesota Bike Summit Scheduled for March 5

The second Minnesota Bike Summit has been scheduled for Monday, March 5, in Saint Paul. This event, hosted by BikeMN, brings together people from across the state to talk bicycling amongst themselves, then with state officials and elected representatives.

New this year will be scheduled meetings with representatives, with scheduling facilitated by BikeMN — probably in response [...]

February 3rd, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicyclists, bike events, education, encouragement, evaluation, legislation, minnesota, politics, share the road, st. paul, transportation options, urban planning | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Gridlock: Why Panic is Overrated When Talking Transpo

Yesterday was the great debate and committee markup session for the House Transportation Bill. As expected, it was all about the posturing about priorities.

Those priorities, per the chief supporters, were highways. A provision revealed in markup yesterday showed that dedicated funding for transit would also disappear.

An amendment to restore enhancements and Safe Routes to Schools failed [...]

February 3rd, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle laws, bicyclists, common sense, election, evaluation, federal funds, legislation, pedestrian access, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, taxes, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Tuesday Transpo Bill Update!

Yeah, up the defcon level and shake your panic maker. Today’s the day the proposed Transpo Bill gets published.

Turns out it may be even worse than previously rumored.

A few points:

Transportation Enhancements become optional.
Safe Routes to Schools gets axed.
Eliminated bike/ped coordinators in state DOTs — while presumably, they could still be funded at the state level,it wouldn’t [...]

January 31st, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle bridges, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, complete streets, election, evaluation, federal funds, league of american bicyclists, legislation, pedestrian access, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Advocates, Advocate. Harder.

I’ve been on a wee bit of a spree lately about the continual state of Defcon 11 every time there is federal hiccuping about restricting funds for Transportation Enhancements, or cutting Safe Routes to Schools, or classifying bicycles as vegetables instead of vehicles.

Here’s the thing: These are serious issues. We should be concerned about them. But [...]

January 28th, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle safety, bicyclists, biking with kids, children on bikes, education, encouragement, environmentalism, evaluation, federal funds, legislation, minneapolis, pedestrian access, politics, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, transportation options, urban planning | One comment - (Comments are closed)
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