Building a Bicycle Friendly America

1. Building a Bicycle Friendly America

2. League of American Bicyclists Founded in 1880 as the League of American Wheelmen, the League lobbied successfully for the first paved roads.

3. The League: Continuing the Legacy Today we promote bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation, and work through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America.

4. Working for a Bicycle Friendly America Education = Skills to ride Advocacy = Places to ride Promotion = Incentive to ride and people to ride with

5. What is the BFC Program? • Started in 1996 with simple criteria • Revised in 2002 • 4 Award levels • Platinum • Gold • Silver • Bronze • Program recognizes communities for bicycle friendliness and provides roadmap and assistance to become better.

6. Application Criteria Online application – 70 questions divided into Five E’s: • Engineering • Education • Encouragement • Enforcement • Evaluation & Planning

7. Application Review • 300+ applications • Reviewed by staff and external reviewer • Feedback from local cyclists and advocates

8. Platinum Boulder, CO Davis, CA Portland, OR Gold Corvallis, OR Fort Collins, CO Jackson/ Teton County, WY Madison, WI Palo Alto, CA San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Stanford, CA Tucson/ Pima region, AZ Silver Ann Arbor, MI Arlington, VA Austin, TX Bend, OR Bellingham, WA Chicago, IL Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, MO Durango, CO Eugene, OR Flagstaff, AZ Folsom, CA Gainesville, FL Minneapolis, MN Missoula, MT Olympia, WA Presidio of San Francisco, CA Salt Lake City, UT San Luis Obispo, CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Cruz, CA Scottsdale, AZ Steamboat Springs, CO Tempe, AZ Wood River Valley, ID Designated Communities

9. Ada County, ID Albany, OR Albuquerque, NM Alexandria, VA Arvada, CO Ashland, OR Auburn, AL Beaverton, OR Bend, OR Billings, MT Bloomington, IN Boca Raton, FL Brentwood, CA Brunswick, ME Burlington, VT Carmel, IN Carrboro, NC Cary, NC Cedar Falls, IA Chandler, AZ Chattanooga, TN Chico, CA Claremont, CA Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Davidson, NC Dayton, OH Roanoke, VA Rochester, MN Roseville, CA Roswell, GA Sacramento, CA Salem, OR San Jose, CA Santa Clarita, CA Santa Monica, CA Schaumburg, IL Shawnee, KS Simsbury, CT South Lake Tahoe, CA South Sioux City, NE Spartanburg, SC Spokane, WA Springfield, MO St. Petersburg, FL Sunnyvale, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Traverse City, MI Tulsa, OK Urbana, IL Vail, CO Vancouver, WA Washington, DC Bronze Communities • Denver, CO • Franklin, PA • Gilbert, AZ • Irvine, CA • La Crosse, WI • Lakewood, CO • Lansing, MI • Lawrence, KS • Lexington-Fayette County, KY • Liberty Lake, WA • Long Beach, CA • Longmont, CO • Louisville, KY • Marquette, MI • Mesa, AZ • Milwaukee, WI • Mountain View, CA • Naperville, IL • Newark, DE • New York, NY • Oceanside, CA • Orlando, FL • Park City, UT • Redmond, WA • Philadelphia, PA • Pittsburgh, PA • Portage, MI • Ridgeland, MS

10. Benefits of the BFC Program • Recognition • Promotion • Benchmarking • Technical help • Inspiration

11. Portland: Case Study

12. 1973 Developing the Bikeway Network

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20. 1992: 83 miles of bikeways 2,850 daily trips 2006: 263 miles of bikeways 12,046 daily trips Increasing Bicycle Use Cyclists Per Day 12,500 350 Bridge Bicycle Traffic 300 Bikeway Miles 10,000 250 7,500 200 150 5,000 100 2,500 50 0 0 Year: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Bridge Bicycle Traffic 2,850 3,555 3,885 3,830 3,207 4,520 5,225 5,690 5,910 6,015 7,686 8,250 8,562 8,875 10,192 12,046 78 83 86 103 113 144 166 183 213 222 235 252 254 260 262 263 Bikeway Miles

21. $60 Million 300-mile bikeway network($2008 value) 1-mile of urban freeway OR

22. What Do BFC’s Have? • Commitment to action • Targets, measures • Network of all facilities • Breadth of programs • People riding bikes!

23. Campaign Partners www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org