1 / 15

Education and Encouragement Programs to Promote Safe Bicycling

This presentation discusses various education and encouragement programs aimed at promoting safe bicycling in the community, including bike safety education, bike rodeos, bike mentoring, bike-to-work events, employer and business encouragement programs, and community bike rides.

margaretjohnson
Download Presentation

Education and Encouragement Programs to Promote Safe Bicycling

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DATS Bicycle Plan Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting #5: Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  2. Education Programs • Description: • “Education includes teaching cyclists of all ages how to ride safely in any area from multi-use paths to congested city streets as well as teaching motorists how to share the road safely with cyclists.” League of American Bicyclists • “Bicycle education is more than a shove down the driveway.” DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  3. Education Programs • Include bike safety education in driver’s education programs • Educate bicyclists and motorists on bicycle laws. • Include bicycle education in schools. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  4. Education Programs • Distribute tip sheets or postcards with state bicycle laws DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  5. Education Programs • Bike Rodeo • A bicycle skills event to provide an opportunity to practice and develop skills for people to become better bicyclists and avoid typical crashes. • Aimed at educating children. • Encourages active, experiential learning. • Addresses bicycle skills and traffic concepts to avoid the most common types of crashes for kids. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  6. Education Programs • Bike Mentors • Program where prospective cyclists can contact a “bike mentor” for help finding the right: • Bike • Helmet • Lock • Route to work • The mentor also teaches proper on-road bicycle safety and bicycle laws and points out potentially dangerous areas to bicycle. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  7. Encouragement Programs • Description: • This category of programs focuses on how the community supports and promotes bicycling. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  8. Encouragement Programs • Bike to Work Week events (or bike to school day) • Hold a “Bike to Work Day” event. • Encourage other activities during bike to work month/week: • Route mapping assistance • Commuter convoys • Company commuter challenge • Ride with the Mayor MAY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  9. Encouragement Programs • Employer and Business Encouragement Programs • Bike commuter financial incentives such as discounts at local bike shops, financial subsidies for not using car parking spaces, extra vacation time, or lunch discounts. • Provide bike parking and storage facilities for employees. • Showers or changing rooms for employees are ideal. • Provide route coordination and safety education for employees. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  10. Encouragement Programs • Produce and distribute community bike maps DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  11. Encouragement Programs • Regular community bike rides • Organize outreach activities to promote bicycling in groups. • A fun way to get people to ride their bikes. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  12. What do you think about these programs? • Please provide comments on positive and/or negative aspects of these programs in the space next to each slide. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  13. Do you have more ideas? • List any additional program ideas you have that were not mentioned in the presentation in the space provided next to this slide. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  14. Which program is the most important to implement? • In small groups, rank the education programs and the encouragement programs based on which programs you find most important and influential for the community. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

  15. How do we make these programs a reality? • Take the top two programs from each category, and as a group, brainstorm about steps for implementing each program. DATS Bicycle Plan Education and Encouragement Programs Bremer Conference Center, Danville October 19, 2009

More Related