Some super
ideas in this discussion of driver/rider education and its great to see CK
Cycle Community take an interest in cycling advocacy. There is unspent budget
from a grant for the educational program in 2010 so a lot of ideas are
affordable this year but may not be next
year.
When
considering what should be done to promote cycling in Chatham-Kent be aware
that the primary community benefit from Active Transportation comes from
replacing motorized trips with people-powered trips. So the ACSC needs to
create conditions that attract cyclists ranging from the ten year old
commuting to school (instead of being Chauffeured by
mom) to granny with her shopping tricycle. These cyclists are very different
from the average member of ckcycle. For
example:
Their cycle routes are urban, not the rural roaming ckcycle does on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings..
The purpose of their trip is utilitarian – get from A to B to work,
shop, play, etc.. They enjoy the ride but the primary
purpose of the ride isn’t recreational. So they want direct routes to their
destination without having to make detours to find low-traffic
routes.
They are not comfortable in traffic. They need bike lanes or paths
separated from motor vehicles. We’re trying to get those
built.
They need end-of-trip facilities (e.g. secure bike racks). It might be
nice if your Sunday breakfast stop had decent secure racks, but otherwise it’s
probably not an issue for your recreational rides that basically begin and end
at home. For utilitarian riders who are going to park the bike where they
work, shop, play tennis, attend classes etc secure parking is an
issue.
If these folks
in Chatham made the same
percentage of their trips by bike as is done in some European cities, we would
have about 10,000 bikes on Chatham streets at
rush hours. Wouldn’t that be something to see!
Regards
John
Sigurjonsson
Member
Services
Cycle
Chatham-Kent
519-352-0883
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Message-----
From:
ckcycle-bounces@lists.ncf.ca [mailto:ckcycle-bounces@lists.ncf.ca] On Behalf Of Josette
deBrouwer
Sent: Monday, July
26, 2010 11:27 PM
To:
Chatham-Kent Commmunity Cycling Group
Subject: Re: [CKcycle] pull up
display
They
should be visible at all municipal info centres and other municipal
properties, especially arenas. Also, how about the drivers licence bureau
(whatever that is called) and car dealerships? Like Geoff, I had three
incidents on one ride along hwy 3 west of Blenheim on Sunday. Not
fun.
On 10-07-26 4:12 PM, "James Lively" <jalively@cogeco.ca>
wrote:
As we were
riding along on Sunday, I was asked about the bike signs on the roads. Here’s
the first information going out to the public. Let me know what you think as
this is a first go, and I’ll take your comments back to the Active Communities
Committee.
Thanks
James.
Hello everyone.
This pull up display (x2) will be placed in the Wallaceburg and Chatham
Libraries for the month of August. (a bit too large for the other
Libraries), then they can be relocated elsewhere as needed. There will
also be a similar, accompanying poster on the wall – with the informational
tear off sheets. Please advise if anything needs to be changed. We
wanted to keep it light(meaning not too many words) – focused on the Share the
Road and the two different road signs. It is intended for an adult
audience.
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