Ann, it's in the Platinum Bike Committee final report on page 48! Institute a Sunday Parkways ride once per month.
Details: Sunday Parkways are times set aside on weekends and holidays for traffic-free biking and walking on a network of selected streets. In effect, streets are transformed into trails. Hundreds of thousands of cyclists use Sunday Parkways called Ciclovia in Bogotá, Columbia, and Via RecreActiva in Guadalajara, Mexico. Sunday Parkways do not impact motorized traffic flow like other special events, since all cross-traffic flows normally. Participants stop at all traffic signals, so that only the closed street is affected. Often on a divided arterial, the Sunday Parkway uses one half of the roadway and motorized traffic uses the other half. Sunday Parkways provide close-to-home recreational opportunities for all ages and all types of active travel. Responsible Party: Mayor's Office, Traffic Engineering, Police, Madison Metro Performance Measure: A Sunday Parkways program is launched, expanded, and sustained Timeline: May-08 Resources: Staff, police time, and volunteers Mike -- Michael Rewey Madison, WI cell 608.698.6673 home 608.249.6673 ---- Ann Freiwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not Madison? > > Ann M. Freiwald, ASLA > > -----Original Message----- > From: G. Penalosa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [apbp] RE: Great project for your community... see short video > andstart working on it for 2008 > > Do you want to get hundreds of thousands physically active, walking and > bicycling? Using the infrastructure that you already have? No need of > capital investment, just operational budget, political will (guts), and > community engagement is needed. It works just as well in a city of > 50,000 people than in one of 10 million. It is CAR FREE SUNDAYS. I'm > attaching a note from producer Clarence Eckerson: > > " We have got a great video short up on StreetFilms....imagine 1.8 > million people using 70+ miles of car-free streets to run, bike, walk > EVERY Sunday? > Well, in BOGOTA, Colombia they do exactly that during CICLOVIA! > Check it out: www.streetfilms.org > Other recent great videos to mention: our profile on the famous > filmmaking cyclists the NEISTAT Brothers and multiple great NYCSR videos > from the Upper West Side - just scroll down on the site to watch 'em! > PLEASE forward around to friends, post on your blog, leave a comment, > whatever! Help us get the word out. > Thanks. Clarence" > > Enjoy... and then start your own "Ciclovia / Car Free Sunday" project > for 2008. > Gil > > Gil Penalosa > Executive Director > Walk & Bike for Life _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
