Join your fellow campus bike programmers before the Natl. Bike Summit!

Third Meeting of the Univ. Bike Programmers @ the 2012 National Bike Summit

Come meet with the University Bike Programmer’s network the day of the opening of the Natl. Bike Summit, Mar. 20^th (Tues) from approx. 10 am to 4 pm time frame.  We’ll discuss many of the issues which are neatly related to the survey our network recently conducted.  We’ll be meeting in one of the rooms reserved for the Summit.  Please use this Doodler to indicate if you’re coming and able to attend:  http://www.doodle.com/wnmin5aifag84dqc

Be sure and include your email address in the name field so we can communicate with you regarding details of our meeting.  You can also send Tim Potter an email  re: this meeting w/ any questions or to confirm your attendance.

If you’re a vendor please consider becoming a sponsor of this meeting to help us defray expenses (someone could offer to pay for lunch for example; any sponsorship $$ in excess of our expenses could be offered as a scholarship to help someone attend who’s on a very tight or non-existent budget). 

Thank you all.  Hope to see a bunch of you in Wash. DC!

Bicycle Friendly Universities Revolutionize Campus Bicycling Culture
Six New Universities are Honored

Washington, D.C. – October 10, 2011 –

The League of American Bicyclists is announcing six new Bicycle Friendly Universities (BFU) today at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. “We are pleased to see that so many of our great higher education institutions – large and small – are stepping up to meet the challenges of sustainability, safety and health, and they are doing so with the help of the Bicycle Friendly Universities program,” said Andy Clarke, president of the League. “College campuses across the country are offering students and faculty a higher quality of life as a result.” The BFU program recognizes institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bicycle-friendly campus for students, staff and visitors. The six new BFUs complete a successful inaugural year for the BFU program. There are now 26 BFUs in 20 states that are encouraging students and staff to travel to and on their campuses on bicycles.

Read the full press release here.

 There were some others representing some of the other universities but I didn’t know them and unfortunately we didn’t talk or have a gathering.

Here are some pics I took related to the BFU and a video of the presentation.

Also, here’s the League’s blog about the BFU awards. The official press release from the League is here.

Ariadne and I are now on the League’s Bike Friendly America advisory group and attended their annual meeting while in DC.  The group is very interested in reaching out to more universities to encourage more of them to pursue the 5 “E”s of a Bike Friendly University.  I plan to organize a phone conference soon to discuss this and other issues.

Photo courtesy Chris Eichler, League of American Bicyclists

Article by Tim Potter, MSU Bikes.

Photos that I took during the conference can be viewed here:

• Campus Bike Programmer’s Meeting 
• Chattanooga Riverfront Park Ride
• Gala event
• Misc. People & Bikes
• Riding Around Chattanooga
• Other Highlights (new products, other vendors, etc.)

One of the more impactful sessions I attended that would be of special interest to our network was about the dearth of college level course work in the field of Bicycle and Pedestrian Design or any aspect of bicycle and pedestrian issues.  Here are some links to more info. for the presenters of that session plus a link to a longer list of other instructors around the country:

-         Bicycle and Pedestrian Design Curriculum Expansion - http://www.otrec.us/project/279
Contact: Lynn Weigand, Director, IBPI, Portland State University

-         Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Course for Graduate Students
-         Federal Highway Administration’s University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
Contact: Laura Sandt, Associate Director, sandt@hsrc.unc.edu , UNC Highway Safety Research Center in Chapel Hill, NC

-         Bob Schneider and Rebecca Sanders, University of California — Berkeley, City and Regional Planning: rschneider@berkeley.edu and rebeccasanders@berkeley.edu
o   Draft Course Syllabus, Spring 2010 

Other university Course Instructor Contacts
http://www.walkinginfo.org/training/university-courses/contacts.cfm