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Attention Healthcare Providers!   BikeWalk Virginia has brochures and Physical Activity Prescription Pads funded by the Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Project of the Virginia Department of Health. Contact us for free samples.   Have your practice join BikeWalk as an organizational member and we'll send BikeWalk Pedometers!

 

The Board of Directors and staff of BikeWalk Virginia-Virginia Trails met for a planning retreat at the Virginia Department of Forestry in Charlottesville on February 26 and 27.

 

Speakers at the 2008 National Bike Summit held in Washington, D.C. last week, urged bicycling advocates to capitalize on the convergence of issues -- health, environment, traffic congestion -- to advocate for improvements in bicycling infrastructure. The large and growing number of bicyclists would increase by tens of millions more if bicycling felt more safe.

 

In session after session, bicycling advocates made the point that Americans need more transportation choice. "Complete streets" is one important strategy that will encourage more people to ride a bicycle. John Horsley of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials said that non-motorized transportation advocates need to develop more champions for bicycling to tell our story and include happy endings. Brad Fitch of Knowlegis/Capitol Advantage talked about how to be heard by government leaders and Steven E. Miller of the Livable Streets Alliance urged bicyclist to build coalitions. Jeff Johnson of Clif Bar talked about the 2-mile Challenge. (Enter your address, and a map shows you a two-mile radius!) Scott Bricker of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance of Portland, Oregon, described the development of "Bicycle Boulevards."

 

On day two, most members of the Virginia delegation (pictured above) marched on Capitol Hill to urge support for the National Parks Service Centennial Initiative and Complete Streets. Concurrently, two members of the BikeWalk Virginia staff were trained to present information on the League's Bicycle Friendly Community Program.

 

 

Call for Presentations - The American Trails 19th National Trails Symposium will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, November 15-18, 2008. The theme for the 2008 Symposium is Innovative Trails: Transforming the American Way of Life. To help develop an exciting and motivating program, you are invited to submit ideas for presentations. Poster sessions are also planned in order to display information about projects or issues in a smaller format. The deadline for submitting proposals is April 18, 2008.

Student Drivers? - According to a recent AP article, "A tiny liberal arts college [in Wisconsin] hopes it has found an answer to a nagging shortage of campus parking: a bicycle giveaway. If incoming freshmen promise not to bring a car to campus for a full year, Ripon College will give them a Trek 820 mountain bike, a helmet and a lock -- a $400 value."

Earth Hour 2008 is March 29, at 8 p.m. - On March 31, 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney, Australia businesses turned off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour. Sydney's energy consumption was reduced by 10.2% for one hour, which is equivalent in effect to taking 48,000 cars off the road for a year. Inspired by the effort, many are joining in Earth Hour in 2008 to turn the symbolic event into a global movement.

 

 

 

London Cycling Scheme 

 

 

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