Meeting April 6th: Bike Month Planning - You've Got Homework. Agenda & Read-Aheads Attached - Bikeboard

31 Mar 2017


      Howdy Board,
Your homework, even if you're not able to attend the meeting:
Reach out to your cycling friends in other cities, or just ruminate on what
you'd like to see / do here for Bike Month 2017. We haven't allocated the
$5K in escrow yet, so feel free to dream big. We also have some leftover
grant funds we may be able to use.
Perhaps we can put together event kits for groups around town to host bike
events on their own? At businesses and at schools, for example?
Some inspiration from the league: http://bikeleague.org/bikemonth
Conversely, our Pittsburgh neighbors don't appear to place as much emphasis
on Bike Month as some parts of the country. Maybe a different time of year
for a larger series of events would work better for us too?
Also: if there was one road that we could paint with sharrows first, months
before the installation of the whole project -- and you were limited to
choosing a city road -- which would you choose to paint? This theoretical
installation would serve as a motivator for all stakeholders involved.
Hope you've been enjoying this early spring on two wheels!
Drew