Encouragement
Objectives |
Description (associated strategies) |
Timeline |
Audience |
Create or expand programs that promote the benefits of bicycling
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Increase the Number of Cycling
Events in Louisville
Examples:
Thunder Over Louisville Valet Bicycle parking
Encourage people to bike to work. Learn more. See our 2011 Bike to Work Day page.
Tour de Cure
Memorial Day & Labor Day Mayor's Hike, Bike and Paddle
MS 150
Ride to Conquer Cancer
Frankfort Avenue Two Wheel
Tuesdays
Bike Louisville will continue to partner with other community events and festivals to incorporate bikes and pedestrians
Downtown bike rental program to visitors and workers. Wheelfun
Rentals
Develop a program of ambassadors
on bike who help spread information on the rules of the road. Develop a plan to make these ambassadors recognizable to the community.
Examples from other cities:
Metro Bike Library - Launch a pilot program to offer bicycles to
downtown metro employees as an alternative to pool or personal vehicles for short trips.
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2011
April 1st
May 20th
September 16th
May 21st
May 30 th
September 5th
June 4-5th
September 25-26th
Every Tuesday starting at 5 p.m.
Ongoing
Ongoing
Program launched 2009 and is ongoing
2009 and ongoing |
General Public & Targeted Cycling Groups
Metro Employees who work around the downtown area
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Create materials to communicate general travel and right-of-way information |
Add bicycling routes to My Neighborhood Maps site.
Expand bicycle way finding efforts Metro wide |
Ongoing |
General Public & Targeted Cycling Groups |
| Use social networking to communicate project |
Listserv
local blogs http://louisvillebike.wordpress.com/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ |
Ongoing |
General Public & Targeted Cycling Groups |
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Identify a long‐term and sustained investment strategy to fund bicycle improvements |
Currently researching investment strategies |
2011 |
General Public & Targeted Cycling Groups |
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Launch marketing and outreach campaigns that emphasize the diversity, accessibility and quality of off-road cycling facilities and programs
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Expand and encourage Kids Cross, a program where kids learn to respect the trails they ride on and to learn valuable off road bike skills. As of summer 2011the program has 20 coaches and as many as 50 participants meet at Champions Park at River Road and Zorn Avenue. Learn more about the RedZone Cycling Team, designed for young men and woman of all riding abilities ages 6-16.
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Ongoing |
Ages 6 to 16 |
Create an official take a kid Mountain Biking Day to help encourage the use and care of our off road trails to a younger generation.
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Saturday October 1st 2011 |
Ages 5 to 18 |
Create a trail mapping system to increase accessibility and safety for trail users.
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2011 + |
All off road users |
Host the first Louisville Trail Summit
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2011 + |
TBD |