National Bike Summit 2011

Washington, DC
Price Armstrong
 Background
• Held since 2000, the event has grown from
100 participants to over 750 in 2011.
• The purpose is:
– Advocate to US representatives and senators to
support bike programs.
– Network with other advocates
– Gather information and strategies to take back

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 League of American Bicyclists
• Oldest bike advocacy group in the nation
(founded in 1880 as the League of American
Wheelman).

LAB President Andy Clarke (interestingly, he’s British)

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League of American Bicyclists

From Left to Right: Price Armstrong (me); Andy Clarke,

LAB President; Ted Sweeney, UO Bike Program
Coordinator

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 Schedule
• Tuesday:
– Keynote Speaker Ray LaHood, US Secretary of
Transportation

Secretary LaHood giving the keynote

Over 750 attendees

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US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
(and yours truly)

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 Schedule
• Wednesday:
– Opening Address, Earl Blumenauer

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From Left to Right: Rep. Earl Blumenauer; Kevin Belanger
(former LTD intern); Ted Sweeney, UO Bike Program
Coordinator; Price Armstrong (me!)

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 Schedule
• Wednesday:
– Jeanette Sadik-Kahn, Commissioner, New York City
Department of Transportation

Sadik-Khan announced the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide

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NYC DOT Commissioner Jeanette Sadik-Kahn and yours truly

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 Schedule
• Wednesday: Breakout Sessions
1. Engaging youth in biking
2. Improving Community Health
3. Bike-Transit Planning

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 Schedule
• Thursday: Lobbying Day
– Meeting with Representative Peter DeFazio

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 Schedule
• Thursday: Lobbying Day
– Meeting with Senator Merkley’s Transportation
Policy Advisor, Jeremiah Baumann

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 Schedule
• Thursday: Closing Reception
– Rep. Earl Blumenauer

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 Schedule
• Thursday: Closing Reception

Gary Fisher and me (yes, that Gary Fisher)

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 Schedule
• Thursday: Oregon Reception

Hosted by Cycle Oregon

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 Highlighted Issues
• Bike Parking
• Biking and the Transit Connection
• Bike Sharing
• Safe Routes to School
• Bike/Ped Advocacy Strategies

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 Bike Parking
• Bike Stations
• Varieties of racks
– Bike Corrals
• Bike Parking Implementation

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 Bike Parking
• Bike Stations

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 Bike Parking
• Bike Rack Systems

Bike Corral (Kevin Belanger pictured)

Columbia Heights Metro

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 Bike Parking
• Saris Systems • BikeLid

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 Bike Parking Implementation
• Lessons from Greenville, SC
– Create minimum bike parking
requirements for new
developments
• Lessons from NYC
– Enforce bike parking Amy Doyle, Greenville City
Councilor

requirements when issuing

any building permit

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 Bike Parking Implementation
• Lessons from Portland, OR
– Engage businesses for an opt-
in strategy

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 Biking and the Transit Connection
• FTA funding eligibility
– Pending bike project eligibility within 3 miles
– Bike projects eligible with 95% fed. match
• Increasing the transit catchment area
– From 0.5 miles to 3 miles
• Bike parking at transit stations
• Bikes on Buses/Trains

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 Bike Sharing
• Capital Bikeshare (CaBi)
– Excellent complement to a
suite of congestion
mitigation tools.
– Fills the “last mile” problem
– Tourism complement
– Suffers from “bunching” of
bikes in urban core/suburbs
– Requires public subsidy
– Solar powered

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 Safe Routes to School
• National Center for Safe
Routes to School
• The 5 E’s
– Engineering
– Education
– Evaluation
– Enforcement
– Encouragement
http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/collateral/status_report/SRTS_3-year_report.pdf

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 Safe Routes to School
• Involving kids with disabilities:
1. Involve Special Education professionals
and parents of children with disabilities
on the SRTS Team
2. Consult special education professionals
and parents when planning SRTS
education activities
3. Seek input and involvement when
planning SRTS encouragement activities
4. Involve children with disabilities in
biking/walking audits
5. Let the principal know that including
students with disabilities is a priority
6. Ensure the messages and images are
inclusive
7. Establish special programs when
necessary

http://katana.hsrc.unc.edu/cms/downloads/
Involving_students_with_disabilities.pdf

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 Bike/Ped Advocacy Strategies
• Emphasize economic
development aspect
• Use data and
personal stories
• Be sure to follow up
Development along
the Swamp Rabbit
Trail, Greenville, SC

Popular pub in Oakridge, OR

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Thanks!

And many
individual donors!

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