July 2010 - AT-Network - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Assiniboine Bikeway
by Erik Dickson 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

Hello everyone, My apologies for any cross posting. Please see the attached letter detailing the final design of the Assiniboine Bikeway including the associated changes to traffic flow and parking. This letter is currently being delivered to neighbourhood businesses and residents. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Regards, Erik Dickson B.Sc. (Hons) Marr Consulting Services 8th Floor - 136 Market Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0P4 Phone: (204) 927-3456 ext. 242 Fax: (204) 927-3443 Please consider our environment before printing this message.

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London Cycle Superhighways
by Erik Dickson 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

London, England is undergoing a 5 year £111 million cycling scheme (their word). Check out this very interesting video for more information: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/15831.aspx Regards, Erik Dickson B.Sc. (Hons) Marr Consulting Services 8th Floor - 136 Market Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0P4 Phone: (204) 927-3456 ext. 242 Fax: (204) 927-3443 Please consider our environment before printing this message.

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Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes
by David Wieser 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Likely a future Top 10 streetfilm at over 8500 plays in the past three days. My favourite quotes... "Buckets O kids", "Drivers get tamed", "Green wave, 14 lights will be green for you", "There's alot of REALLY little bikes here, the kids ride better than most American adults" It's 10 minutes, 45 seconds. Enjoy. http://www.streetfilms.org/cycling-copenhagen-through-north-american-eyes/#… David Wieser

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Wed, July 21 webinar - Bicycle Boulevards and Neighbourhood Greenways
by Beth McKechnie 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Resource Conservation Manitoba will be hosting the following APBP (Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals) webinar on Bicycle Boulevards next Wednesday, July 21st. If you would like to join us, please let me know at beth(a)resourceconservation.mb.ca. See you then! -thanks, Beth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webinar: Bicycle Boulevards and Neighborhood Greenways Date: Wednesday, July 21 . 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. CST Location: EcoCentre boardroom (303 Portage Ave, third floor - enter via elevator inside front doors of MEC) Join APBP on July 21 to learn about the evolving best practices in the creation of bicycle boulevards. This webinar will be drawn from lessons learned in Portland, Ore., as well as across the nation. Presenters Mia Birk, CEO, Alta Planning + Design, and Greg Raisman, Traffic Safety Specialist, Portland Bureau of Transportation, will describe the current state of the practice and the next big thing-neighborhood greenways, which incorporate the idea of bicycle boulevards with green streets, neighborhood enhancements, and community building; this larger vision can appeal to more people and help with funding. The webinar will focus on helping practitioners fully optimize existing bicycle boulevards. Attendees will learn about: · route selection · levels of intervention · examples of challenges and solutions for a range of design issues · neighborhood greenway strategies, and · processes for getting project buy-in and approval. Presenters: Mia Birk is CEO and Principal at Alta Planning + Design, with 20 years experience in sustainable transportation focused on pedestrian, bicycle, trail and greenway planning, design and implementation. She is also Adjunct Professor at Portland State University, where she co-founded the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI) in the College of Urban Studies. She is the co-author of the PSU IBPI Bicycle Boulevard Planning and Design Guidebook. Mia was the City of Portland Bicycle Program Manager from 1993-99, where she led a period of rapid growth of Portland's bikeway network. She has led numerous groundbreaking studies in the field of non-motorized transportation and is a co-founder of the Cities for Cycling project of the National Association for City Transportation Officials. Greg Raisman is a Traffic Safety Specialist with the Portland Bureau of Transportation. He works in the Traffic Operations Division on the Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership team. Greg specializes in bicycle safety, school and residential traffic safety, drunk driving, red light cameras and crash data mapping and analysis. Greg's current projects include developing a citywide network of neighborhood greenways, utilizing "green streets" for traffic calming, and building programs to increase behavior change from multi-modal police enforcement.

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Thousands Play in Oakland’s Streets at the First-Ever ‘Oaklavia’
by David Wieser 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

On Sunday, June 27th, Downtown Oakland opened two miles of its streets to fun and activities—zumba dancing, circus arts, BMX bike competitions and performances from local musicians. See the video at http://www.streetfilms.org/thousands-play-in-oaklands-streets-at-the-first-… Also check out Velo-City 2010: Copenhagen Bike Parade, another great video. http://www.streetfilms.org/velo-city-2010-copenhagen-bike-parade/ David

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Bicycle rush hour in Utrect (Netherlands)
by Beth McKechnie 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Perhaps we can imagine that one day Winnipeg will have this type of rush hour? (Thanks to Erik Dickson for sending along the link.) -Happy Canada Day, Beth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AbPav5E5M [Accompanying text with video...] Morning rush hour in the 4th largest city in the Netherlands. Streets look like this when 33% of ALL trips are made by bicycle! This is an ordinary Wednesday morning in April 2010 at around 8.30 am. Original time was 8 minutes that were compressed into 2 minutes, so everything is 4 times faster than in reality. The sound is original. This is one of the busiest junctions in Utrecht a city with a population of 300,000. No less than 18,000 bicycles and 2,500 buses pass here every day. And yet Google Street View missed it. Because private motorized traffic is restricted here. These cyclists cross a one way bus lane (also used by taxis and municipal vehicles), two light rail tracks and then a one way street that can be used by private vehicles. Behind the camera is a railway (you can hear the squeaking sounds of the trains passing) and the main railway station is very close too. A number of rental bikes from the station pass and many of the cyclists will have come by train for the first part of their commute. For those who frown upon the total absence of bike helmets in this video, consider these findings from a US study: "Cycling in the Netherlands is much safer than in the USA. The Netherlands has the lowest non-fatal injury rate as well as the lowest fatality rate, while the USA has the highest non-fatal injury rate as well as the highest fatality rate. Indeed, the non-fatal injury rate for the USA is about 30 times higher than for the Netherlands. Injury rate per million km cycled: USA 37.5; NL 1.4 Fatality rate per 100 million km cycled: USA 5.8; NL 1.1" From: Pucher, John and Buehler, Ralph (2008) 'Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany'. http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/puc...

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