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#Goals The plan’s bold vision is supported by five goals which articulate the plan’s future achievements. The goals set the basis for the plan’s performance measures and frame the prioritization criteria that help define which projects should be built first: Ridership – Increase amount and mode share of bicycle riding in Seattle for all trip purposes. #safety – Improve safety for bicycle riders in Seattle. Connectivity – Create a high-quality bicycle network that connects to places people want to go and provides a time-competitive travel option. Equity – Improve bicycle riding for all through equity in public engagement, program delivery, and capital investments. Livability – Build vibrant communities by creating a welcoming environment for bicycle riding. Bicycle Network The bicycle network recommends a location and facility type of bicycle improvements throughout the city. A clearly defined “all ages and abilities” network, the Citywide Network, was proposed to help achieve the goals of the plan, especially as it relates to safety and connectivity, therefore increasing ridership. The Citywide network consists of bicycle facilities with comfortable separation from motor vehicles and focuses on intersection safety. These #bicycle #facilities are:... End-of-trip facilities – Part of making it easier to decide to bicycle is the reassurance that there is someplace safe, convenient, and accessible to leave your bike at the end of a trip. The plan outlines strategies to support the development of a range of bicycle parking accommodations for short- and long-term use. Better aligning #bicycleparking with the types of destination, trip purpose, and length of stay at destinations is an important component of the plan... **** #bicyclevalet We at The Dandy Horse, Inc. suggest using a #BicycleValet #parking and a #verification tool to create a #Carbonavoidance #Value #CAV #carboncredit. Seattle could sell this to pay for a safer #bicycleinfrastructure #payitforward #VIDAT it. #patentpending

LA Metro wants to award Bike Share operations to Lyft, car centric company, anti-union and whose leader shamelessly says that the ultimate goal is to encourage riders to take ride share in a car after a bike ride. Not to forget that Lyft is selling their Bike Share activity and have an history of not servicing community equitably. Lyft also abandoned some cities (Santa Monica or Minneapolis are some examples) and have a hard time meeting service levels. I proudly work for Bicycle Transit Systems, Metro Bike Share operator for 7 years, a privately and women owned and lead company, union-operated. We just completed a record shattering year and this is just the start of it. Los Angeles needs to develop its cycling infrastructure (paths, parking, bike share) and this requires political will, investment and a sustainable and strong partnership with a responsible and involved operator. Bike Share is the core of what we do, we do it passionately and we are deeply invested in the LA community. Choosing Lyft will kill bike share and cycling in LA. The subject will be discussed this Thursday, January 18 at the Operations, Safety and Customer Experience Committee. What do you think? Et vous chers collègues en France? #SaveBikeShareLA https://lnkd.in/gyA6S-dA https://lnkd.in/g_nPDjR8 https://lnkd.in/gn4XyCKn

What's Metro thinking? Handing LA's bikeshare operations over to the notoriously anti-union car company Lyft? Bikeshare is a vital transportation system that needs to focus on equitable, reliable access, not profit-driven, car-centric corporate #*!%. This is not okay. There's time to fight this bad decision: 👉 Provide written comment for Metro's Operations, Safety and Customer Experience Committee before Thursday 1/18: via email: BoardClerk@metro.net or make your comment in person at the meeting: Thursday 12:30pm, Metro HQ (One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 3rd Floor, Metro Board Room) Item #34. 👉 Lyft's CEO has publicly stated he wants out of the bikeshare business: https://lnkd.in/giGQiNMZ and has already abandoned cities and underserved communities. They do not have an equity focus, and they are anti-union.

Nerd alert: The Building Standards Commission is updating the California Building Standards Code sections governing bicycle parking, pursuant to a 2022 law California Bicycle Coalition helped pass. That law requires bicycle parking standards to be added to the code during its next update. Bike parking is a nerdy and arcane topic. But, like many such topics, it has a crucial role to play in our move toward more climate-friendly transportation. CalBike recommendations: space for cargo bikes, e-bike charging, and short-term bike parking. Read more, and find out how to weigh in. #buildingcode #activetransportation #bikeparking

🚴 **Safety First: Introducing a Code of Conduct for Teen E-Bike Riders in Australia** 🚴 In a groundbreaking move aimed at improving safety on our streets, Australia has introduced a "deadly serious" code of conduct specifically for teenage e-bike riders. As detailed in a recent article from Kids News, this initiative addresses the growing concern of teenagers riding e-bikes on pedestrian footpaths without helmets, posing serious risks to themselves and others. **Key Points to Consider:** - **Education Over Regulation:** The new code focuses on educating teens about responsible e-bike usage rather than imposing strict penalties. This proactive approach is essential for fostering a culture of safety. - **Pedestrian Safety:** Emphasizing the need for caution in pedestrian-heavy areas, the code aims to minimize accidents and conflicts between e-bike riders and pedestrians. - **Helmet Usage:** By promoting helmet usage, the initiative seeks to significantly reduce the severity of injuries in the event of an accident. - **Community Impact:** Encouraging teens to ride responsibly can lead to a broader cultural shift, promoting safer streets and better community relations. **Implications for the Bike Industry:** - **Market Opportunities:** As safety concerns rise, there is a growing market for safety gear specifically designed for e-bike riders, such as advanced helmets and protective clothing. - **Innovation in Design:** Bike manufacturers may need to consider these regulations when designing e-bikes, integrating features that make them more pedestrian-friendly and enhancing rider safety. - **Collaborative Efforts:** This initiative opens up avenues for collaboration between schools, local governments, and bike companies to promote safe riding practices. As industry professionals, it's crucial to support and advocate for such initiatives. They not only contribute to the well-being of young riders but also pave the way for sustainable and safe urban mobility solutions. 👉 **Join the Conversation:** What are your thoughts on this new code of conduct? How can we, as industry stakeholders, further promote e-bike safety? Share your insights and let's work together to create a safer biking environment for everyone! For those interested in learning more about safety gear and innovative bike solutions, visit us at [BikeStand Company](https://bikestand.company). #BikeIndustry #EBikeSafety #TeenSafety #HelmetSafety #SmartUrbanMobility #SustainableTransport #ProfessionalEngagement

🚴♀️🚲 Pedaling Through Progress in Denver! 🚲🚴♀️ I’m about to start my third day at the Association for Commuter Transportation conference in Denver, and it’s been an interesting experience so far. The other day, I shared my thoughts on the pedestrian environment, and today, I’m excited to roll out my insights about the city’s bike share and scooter share programs. Let's look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of this program. 📈 Successes: 1. Ridership Growth: Denver’s bike and scooter share programs have taken off, with a remarkable 45% increase in scooter ridership and a 30% boost in bike share usage. 2. Environmental Impact: The programs are making a positive impact on the environment, cutting down CO2 emissions by an impressive 500,000 pounds annually. 3. Accessibility and Convenience: With more than 5,000 scooters and bikes scattered across the city, getting around Denver has never been easier. 🔍 Challenges: 1. Safety Concerns: There’s been a 20% increase in accidents involving scooters, highlighting the urgent need for improved safety measures. 2. Parking and Clutter: Improperly parked scooters and bikes can create hazards for pedestrians. (see the photo!) 3. Equity Issues: While these programs are expanding transportation options, there’s a noticeable disparity in access within low-income neighborhoods. Denver’s journey with bike and scooter share programs offers valuable lessons for other cities looking to implement or improve their own shared mobility initiatives. Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of urban mobility and making our cities better for everyone! 🌍🌟 What does everyone think about bike share and scooter share programs? Are they the antidote to our obsession with cars? 🤔 Let's hear your thoughts in the comments! #UrbanMobility #BikeShare #ScooterShare #DenverSuccess #CommunityEngagement #TransportationEquity #SafetyFirst #CommuteBroward

But the appeal of e-bikes, especially among people who haven’t ridden a bike in decades, may help change cities’ car-centric ways. Cities are under growing pressure to reinvent themselves after the pandemic shifted how we live and work. From New York to Cleveland, city officials have rolled out measures to prod drivers to leave their cars at home, from closing streets to traffic to creating “15-minute cities” where life’s essentials are just a walk, bike or transit ride away. Vast networks of safe bike lanes are becoming mainstays of downtowns and business districts. As cities build protected bike lanes, research shows, more people like Duncan are likely to ride, especially women and low-income residents, increasing the demand for cities that serve people using two wheels, not just four. The Washington Post Embrace transportation empowerment with a reliable e-bike! Makes a lot of sense! Go e-bikes! #ebikes #emobility #urbanmobility #urbanplanning #climateeducation #womenempoweringwomen #kidseducation #smartcities #safestreets #airpollution #evehicles eBliss Global, Inc. Urban Cycling Institute Spoke Motiv Power Systems Tiny Mighty Communications S&D Marketing | Advertising Bridgestone Mobility Solutions Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute City and County of Denver Winnebago Industries Ubicquia, Inc Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance Elephant Energy Bidcurement Motmot DZ EVENTS LLC Bill Klehm David Boyle Amber Holm William Knowles, CFA Ann E. Bueche Ian James Siebe Van Der Zee Samantha S. Alex Sadler Joshua Posner Elliot Smith, PE Matthew Stevenson Truman Hyde Leslie Troy Tsui Michael Shank, Ph.D. great post, content and commentary!

Micro-mobility provides people with myriad options to getting around. They can also be a great way for multi-modal trips. It is really important that public policies and programs are developed through consultation with diverse communities, particularly those that are most impacted by them. In this case, until the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee provides its support to an e-scooter pilot, the city should concentrate on its expansion of the wildly successful Bike Share Toronto program. Biking (including e-bikes) remains the best tool to move people away from single occupancy car use for distances under 5 or 7 km. If you're looking to make life more affordable, going car-free is probably the best selling point for discovering the freedom biking brings. https://lnkd.in/guDAN5Bg #ActiveTransportation #Bike #Publicpolicy

First experience using Beam e-bike share in Brisbane with the fantastic Urbis Transport Advisory team. It was a lot of fun and the scheme is obviously well used with people of all ages flitting about on the growing network of separated paths. Some areas for improvement though: 1) 💵 PRICE - for a one-off user it is expensive! We travelled only a few km but were charged $30-$40 each. We worked out this was up to 16 times more expensive than an equivalent Uber car ride! We need to get the price signals right if we’re serious about mode shift. One option would be to switch to distance-based instead of time-based pricing, particularly for the less confident, tourist crowd who tend to move quite slowly! 2) 🗺️ WAYFINDING - on the river path that we followed out to Story Bridge there was a large section closed due to construction work. The detour routes were not well signposted at all leading to confusion and very slow progress for our group of non-locals. This standard of temporary wayfinding / traffic management would never be tolerated for car drivers! 3) 🔧 RELIABILITY - several of the e-bikes and e-scooters that we tried at first were out of action and for those that did work it took several attempts to unlock the helmets using the app / QR code. I can imagine less perseverant users or those in more of a hurry just giving up. Thanks to Andy Johnston MIEAust CPEng NER for being a wonderful host! Manesha Ravji Katie Harker Alice Shi John Parnell

📣 Another research regarding micromobility modes 🚲🛴 from our colleagues was published. The paper "Friend or foe? A spatial approach to overlay bicycle and scooter trajectories." by Iwan Porojkow and Sven Lißner. "Dockless e-scooter schemes have seen increasing popularity in 28 German cities. Increasing use on insufficiently dimensioned bicycle infrastructure can lead to conflicts between e-scooter riders and cyclists. A new approach was developed in order to detect potential zones of conflict by overlaying aggregated bicycle and e-scooter trajectories in the City of Dresden, Germany. Bicycle data is being obtained by the annual STADTRADELN campaign where cyclists record and transmit daily trips via GPS for a period of three weeks. Simultaneously, e-scooter API data has been collected over a course of 8 weeks from June to September 2021. Origin/Destination data has been generated and routed over a OSM network in order to obtain aggregate d e-scooter flows. We extrapolated the aggregated bicycle data to match them with the timeframe of the e-scooter data acquisition. Afterwards we spatially joined both: bicycle and e-scooter flows and calculated the link wise proportion of e-scooter trips in relation to bicycle trip volumes. Two important findings emerged: (1) Residential roads have a higher proportion of e-scooter trips. (2) E-scooters are exposed to high bicycle trip volumes on primary roads with bicycle infrastructure. We conclude that this approach can detect possible links of conflict, where overtaking cyclists or insufficient space can lead to dangerous situations. That approach is biased towards a missing route choice model for e-scooter riders or better route data of e-scooters, which needs further research." The paper can be accessed here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/ebxc-zNG