CONSERVE BY BICYCLE
PROGRAM STUDY SURVEY
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WORKSHOPS COMING SOON
CENTRAL FLORIDA BIKE/MOTORIST CRASH STUDY
1001 FRIENDS LIST
SHARE THE ROAD RIDE
SEBRING HEARTLAND TRIATHLON
LOOKING FOR A GREAT SUMMER JOB?
AND THEN SOME
CONSERVE BY BICYCLE PROGRAM STUDY SURVEY
Sprinkle Consulting, Inc. is leading the project team for FDOT’s
Conserve by Bicycle Program Study. This study is developing an
objective and reliable method to estimate the energy savings and health
benefits that can be expected if more Floridians rode bicycles.
To estimate energy savings and health benefits, we need to know how far
and how often Floridians ride bicycles. We would appreciate it if you
would provide us with this information by completing an online survey.
The survey is available at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=541423854152.
Please forward the survey link to others and encourage them to fill out
the survey! Please feel free to contact Herman Huang at (813) 949-7449
or huang@sprinkleconsulting.com
if you have any questions. Thanks for
your help with this important Study!
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WORKSHOPS COMING SOON
The Florida Department of Community Affairs, in conjunction with the
Florida Department of Transportation and the Florida Department of
Health, is sponsoring FREE, one-day Livable Communities Workshops. The
workshops, taught by walkability expert Dan Burden, Billy Hattaway,
P.E., and Ian Lockwood will explore ways to create sustainable, livable
communities.
These FREE Workshops are geared toward design, planning and engineering
professionals, elected officials, developers, law enforcement, public
health professionals, advocates, and anyone else interested in making
Florida a better place to call home.
The workshops will offer technical knowledge, principles, practices and
strategies, and Florida-based case studies that will provide the
information necessary to create visionary, workable and practical plans
leading to safer, more sustainable neighborhoods, villages, towns,
cities and transportation projects and systems.
The workshops will be held in Tallahassee on June 26, 2007, Lakeland on
July 10, 2007, and Port Charlotte on July 11, 2007. Flyers for all
three workshops are attached to this email. To register or get more
information, contact Ken Owens at Glatting Jackson at
kowens@glatting.com or 1-866-347-2734.
CENTRAL FLORIDA BIKE/MOTORIST CRASH STUDY
Metroplan Orlando has published a study of 885 bicycle-motor vehicle
crashes that occurred in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties in
2003-2004. The three counties had a total population over 1.6 million in
2004. Local officials and agencies in Florida often seem to have little
idea where bicycle-MV crashes have occurred in their areas, or of the
contributing factors involved. When motorists or cyclists insist that a
road is "dangerous" and propose countermeasures to be taken, little
factual basis is available on which to evaluate their claims, or to
offer alternative recommendations.
The public tends to overestimate the risk of the motorist overtaking
crash type (5.7% of daylight crashes in the Metroplan study, Table K)
and to underestimate the risk of crash types that involve yielding
failures or turning errors on the part of the cyclist or motorist.
The study is posted on Metroplan's downloads page at
http://www.metroplanorlando.com/site/downloads/default.asp. It's
currently the first item in the "Bicycle & Pedestrian" section.
Dwight Kingsbury
State Safety Office
Florida Department of Transportation
850.245.1520
www.dot.state.fl.us/safety/
1001 FRIENDS LIST
May 2007 hasn't ended. So... There's still time to sign up for the 1,001
Friends list. You can sign up if you can say, "I will ride my bicycle
to work, school, recreation or for errands instead of driving, at least
one (1) day in the month of May, 2007."
http://www.tampabaycycle.com/friends_1000.htm
You can sign up to Log Your Miles for any and all bicycling you do,
whether it's for recreation, sports, transportation, biking to work, or
other.
http://www.tampabaycycle.com/log_your_miles.htm
You can sign up to encourage other people to bicycle at least one day
during the month of May
http://www.tampabaycycle.com/elite_100.htm
Get free advertisement for your company or organization by signing up
for "Bicycle Commuter Challenge".
http://www.tampabaycycle.com/bicycle_commuter_challenge.htm
Thanks to all the prize donors (list at bottom of link)
http://www.tampabaycycle.com/
And all the sponsors
http://www.tampabaycycle.com/sponsors.htm
Thanks for your participation!
Kimberly Cooper
SHARE THE ROAD RIDE
Don’t miss the FIFTH ANNUAL Share the Road Ride, Sunday, July 8, 2007 at
Northshore Pool Park at 8:00 am. You’ll have your choice of 10, 20, 40
or 60 mile distances. This event is supported by the following bike
clubs: St. Petersburg Bicycle Club, Tampa Bay Freewheelers and Sun coast
Cycling Club - plus, the City of St. Petersburg
All bicyclists are welcome! Proceeds to benefit the Florida Bicycle
Association (501(c)(3), Florida's leader in promoting bicycle safety and
education. SHARE THE ROAD RIDE is a ride, covering 10, 20, 40 or 60
miles of downtown and neighborhood streets in St. Petersburg. There
will be "sweep" cyclists for the 10 mile family/casual ride.
To register, visit
www.sharetheroadride.com or www.active.com.
Tank-shirts to pre-registered riders post-marked June 24, 2007. For
more information, call 727-582-1910 (short message only)
SEBRING HEARTLAND TRIATHLON
Looking for a triathlon that benefits trails? Try the Sebring Heartland
Triathlon July 14-15 with proceeds benefiting the Ridge Trails
Association. This is an event you won’t want to miss so register early
to hear Sarah Reinertson provide a motivational presentation at the
pre-race Pasta bash at the Sebring Civic Center. Swim-1/4M, Bike-13M,
Run-3.1M. 6-10: Swim-100Yd, Bike-3M, Run-.5M; 11-14: Swim-200Yd,
Bike-6M, Run-1 M. July 14-15. 7:30am. City Pier Beach. REGISTER EARLY to
Committed Corporate Sponsors and an extremely supportive local community
point to this event being a “must do” for all. Swim in a large
spring-fed lake. Ride along lakefront on a very fast course. Run through
Historic Sebring. Enjoy the lake front post race party and quaint
atmosphere of Sebring, located in the middle of the Florida’s Heartland.
For more information www.heartlandtri.org;
863-385-8448.
LOOKING FOR A GREAT SUMMER JOB?
East Coast Greenway Alliance Seeks a Trail Field Analyst
Are you interested in spending the summer on your bike, working for the
ECGA? Read on...
The ECGA seeks a motivated, energetic, detail-minded individual who
enjoys spending time on their bicycle to aid with field checking and
data input for our cue sheets. This is a short-term contract position
paying a modest stipend for time and expenses. The initial contract is
for 10 weeks (at 40 hours per week). An additional 10-week contract is
possible if funds are available.
Duties will include:
Using a bicycle to field check data on the ECG route maps and cue sheets
for a 1250-mile route from Calais, Maine to Washington, DC
In the office, inputting data and formatting cue sheets
Other route-related duties as directed
This is an opportunity for adventure while helping advance the East
Coast Greenway trail system. Road bicycle experience is a prerequisite
and candidates should be prepared to ride 40 to 50 miles per day while
collecting data. Experience with Excel and Word is required. Use of a
car or public transportation to reach departure points or return home
may be necessary. Preference will be shown to candidates who are
passionate about our mission and with a commitment to sustainable
transportation and community development.
The Trail Field Analyst will be responsible for reviewing the East Coast
Greenway route from Calais, Maine to Washington, DC. It is anticipated
that the Analyst may spend days at a time traveling the route and a
modest expense stipend will be provided. The candidate should be
prepared to camp or use hostels to stretch their fixed expense stipend.
The Trail Field Analyst reports to the Regional Trail Liaison for the
region being field-checked.
A stipend of $5,000 will cover both time and expenses. It will be paid
in 4 equal payments, at the start of the contract, after 3 weeks, after
7 weeks and at the end of 10 weeks.
Interested candidates should mail or e-mail a cover letter and resume
to:
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Attn: Kitty Carter
27 North Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
kitty@greenway.org
Applications must be received by June 11th in order to be considered.
AND THEN SOME
"What's a higher priority, pedaling your bike or fueling America?"
This fine question was stated by Jim Cooper, Transportation Planner for
the BLM Grand Junction, Colorado field office in a Colorado Springs "The
Gazette" newspaper interview about the mountain bike trails around
Fruita, Colorado.
Mr. Cooper was comparing the importance of constructing mountain bike
trails to energy companies exploration. - Al Brody, Pikes Peak Area
Bikeways Coalition
"To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair; chiefly it is a
matter of faith. Believe you can do it and the thing is done; doubt, and
for the life of you, you cannot." -H G. Wells
"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something
wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym. -- Bill
Nye, "The Science Guy"
"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms
of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure
in heart." -Iris Murdoch