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2007 Highlights
2007 accomplishments include:
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Educated nearly 400 students in the Alternative Transportation Education
Program
3-hour course covering pedestrian and bicycle safety, practical bicycling,
transit and other issues important to individuals who have lost their right
to drive a motor vehicle
Currently offered in Seminole County with plans to expand to other counties
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Presented the third annual Pro Bike® Pro Walk Florida conference in Orlando
30 breakout sessions including mobile workshops
3 pre-conference sessions including the Traffic Justice Coalition of Florida
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Conducted Florida Discovery Bicycling Center tours
Program was fine-tuned to combine bicycle safety education and small group
touring
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Created
a Trips for Kids Chapter in Orlando
Target audience includes foster children or children in need
Program takes children on weekend adventures to provide opportunities to
explore the outdoors and develop bicycling skills
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Produced and distributed bicycle and pedestrian safety education materials
including the following:
Combination Bicycle and Pedestrian Law Enforcement Guide
Florida Bicycling Street Smarts
Elementary and Middle School Helmet Program DVD’s
Triple feature plus more Bicycle/Motorist Law Enforcement DVD
Group Riding DVD
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Educated children and adults at a variety of workshops
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Promoted FBA programs and the
Share the Road license plate at special events
2006
In 2007, FBA will celebrate ten
years of service to Florida’s bicycling community. Our successes have been
plenty this year including:
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Creation of Florida Discovery
Bicycling Center tours
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Group Riding Ethics and the Law
DVD
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Combination Florida Bicycle and
Pedestrian Law Enforcement Guide
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Re-print of Florida Bicycling
Street Smarts
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Triple feature plus more
Bicycle/Motorist Law Enforcement DVD
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Bicycle Law Enforcement –
Officer Training program curriculum
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2nd Annual Pro Bike®/Pro Walk
Florida conference
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Middle & Elementary School
Bicycle Helmet program
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Alternative Transportation
Education program
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Bicycle safety education
training to adults and children
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Redesign of Share the Road
License Plate
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License Plate sales exceeded
14,000 cumulative issued plates
2005
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Produced Ride on By II:
Promoting Safe Interaction Between Motorists & Cyclists
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This production is the third
in a 3-part series geared toward law enforcement to offer guidance and
information related to bicycle and roadway sharing.
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Ride on By I targets
bicyclists errors while Ride on By II targets motorist errors
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Understanding Bicycle Law
Enforcement provides the visual tools and strategies needed so officers
can understand crashes and how to successfully enforce traffic laws
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Produced Older Adult Activity
video
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Distributed FBA News
electronic newsletter - over 800 subscribers
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Distributed Florida Bicycle
Association Messenger quarterly newsletter – 3400 circulation including
bike shops statewide
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Broke 12,000 in Share the Road
license plate sales
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Educated over 300 people at
bicycle safety workshops
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Produced 6th printing of
Florida Bicycle Law Enforcement Guide – over 56,000 distributed since 2001
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Produced 3rd printing of
Florida Bicycling Street Smarts – over 30,000 distributed since 2003
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Hosted the Pro Bike®/Pro Walk
Florida Conference
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Continued as a clearinghouse
of information via
www.floridabicycle.org,
www.probikeprowalkflorida.com and
www.sharetheroad.org
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Promoted public awareness via
attendance at nearly 100 events
2004
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Off-road pow wow at Alafia
River State Park
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Completion of "Ride
on By" Bicycle Law Enforcement video
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Instructional Bicycle Law
Enforcement video
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Road 1 and other Bicycle
Safety Workshops
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Law enforcement training
program to complement videos and guides
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Bicycle Safety materials for
lunchtime presentations
2003
Your comments and suggestions
are welcome. Helping create better bicycling for a better Florida is a job
for everyone—bicyclists and non-bicyclists alike. You can help by
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Joining FBA
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Becoming an advocate in your
community for safer roads and safer drivers—of all vehicles (that includes
bikes, too)
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Riding more often, to work and
play
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