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Bicycling's Top 50 - Columbus is 34
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columbusmike
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Wow, I had no idea they were doing this! This is great! I hope they add a few of those standing reflectors along the road just to create a visual barrier for cars driving up and down the street. This is a perfect road for a bike lane...and especially for my commute :)
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byJody
Rural NW Columbus
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The new top 50 Bike Cities list is out and Columbus is not on it. I don't understand how we can go from and up-and-coming bike city in 2008 to not even making the top 50 bike friendly cities 4 years later! Not one Ohio city is on the new list, where Columbus and Cleveland were both listed in 2010. And Cincinnati just received bike friendly bronze status from the League of American Bicyclists a month ago and Columbus has had it since 2009. Seems like at least one of the 3 Cs should be on that list.
2008: 5 For the Future
Boston, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Columbus & Fargo-Moorehead2010: Bike Friendly Cities: America's Best Bike Cities
Bicycling's Top 50
#34 Columbus2012: America’s Top 50 Bike-Friendly Cities
None from Ohio
http://www.bicycling.com/news/advocacy/america-s-top-50-bike-friendly-citiesI am so bummed but don't even know how to proceed. I know our city is making improvements, why aren't they reflected in the standings? I am frustrated and confused. I feel like we need to launch a statewide campaign "Ohio likes Bikes" - it just seems like we got completely overlooked in this ranking. Not that this list is the only measurement that counts, but we should not have regressed so much in 2 years that we fell off the list.
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mrpoppinzs
Arena District
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That is a surprise. They have been painting sharrows, bike lanes, Cota bike carriers and adding to the trail system. This appears to be happening all over the country so this list is probably getting more competitive, which is good for the country. I visited Minneapolis recently and I was struck by how much more of a biking culture existed there. It is always good to set the bar higher.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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byJody
Rural NW Columbus
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Walker said:
Does this list make your own personal bike riding experience more or less enjoyable?If not, I'd say just keep riding then and enjoy it.
If so, I'd say stop putting so much stock in these types of lists. ;)
Walker you are kind. It is more frustration in my role as a Bike Advocate. I feel like our efforts are not showing up in measurements like Bike Counts and the American Community Survey (which unfortunately has a poorly worded question about primary transportation, so even if ppl use a bike sometimes it does not count).
I do feel the city is getting better for bikes and there is progress on 4 of the 5 Es (Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement) but not doing well on Evaluation. Unfortunately a lot of that work comes from MORPC, ODOT and the individual municipalities and those are harder for us to influence.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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Totally understandable. Even if you brush off these results on a personal level, there are plenty of other people around the country paying attention to them, so they do count as good marketing tools regardless of how reputable their surveys are, or what type of metrics they use.
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lifeontwowheels
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mrpoppinzs said:
That is a surprise. They have been painting sharrows, bike lanes, Cota bike carriers and adding to the trail system. This appears to be happening all over the country so this list is probably getting more competitive, which is good for the country. I visited Minneapolis recently and I was struck by how much more of a biking culture existed there. It is always good to set the bar higher.I think the bike renaissance plays into it. It's not enough for Columbus to do C when other cities have already done C (10-15 years ago) and are now doing HIJK. Columbus needs to play to it's strength and innovate around what already makes it great. The tools and resources are there if we weren't so committed to rigidly rolling out every piece of the Bicentennial Bikeways Plan.
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bferriot
Galloway
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I am so bummed but don't even know how to proceed. I know our city is making improvements, why aren't they reflected in the standings? I am frustrated and confused. I feel like we need to launch a statewide campaign "Ohio likes Bikes" - it just seems like we got completely overlooked in this ranking. Not that this list is the only measurement that counts, but we should not have regressed so much in 2 years that we fell off the list.
Well, one thing to do is act on the feedback from the report card:
FEEDBACK
• Establish a bicycle advisory committee including
representatives from health, economic development, and community groups.
• Adopt statewide National Complete Streets Policies. The National Complete Streets Coalition
has a model state policy and a variety of other resources to ensure adoption and implementation.
• Adopt federal funding project rating criteria that
incentivize bicycle projects and accommodations.
The state is spending a low amount, less than
1.24 percent, of federal funding on bicyclists and
pedestrians- the lowest in the country.
• Support growing local advocacy groups.
• Adopt a statewide bicycle plan that addresses
each of the five “Es”, has clear implementation actions, and performance metrics to gauge success.
• In general, any question that was answered with
“no” should be addressed so the answer can be a
“yes” next yearTop Tip for Improvement
Adopt a state bicycle plan including a Complete Streets policyOne Bicycle Friendly Success
The growth of local advocacy groups across the state will lead to
new opportunities to become more bike-friendlyPosted 11 months ago # -
byJody
Rural NW Columbus
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bferriot said:
I am so bummed but don't even know how to proceed. I know our city is making improvements, why aren't they reflected in the standings? I am frustrated and confused. I feel like we need to launch a statewide campaign "Ohio likes Bikes" - it just seems like we got completely overlooked in this ranking. Not that this list is the only measurement that counts, but we should not have regressed so much in 2 years that we fell off the list.
Well, one thing to do is act on the feedback from the report card:
FEEDBACK
• Establish a bicycle advisory committee including
representatives from health, economic development, and community groups.
• Adopt statewide National Complete Streets Policies. The National Complete Streets Coalition
has a model state policy and a variety of other resources to ensure adoption and implementation.
• Adopt federal funding project rating criteria that
incentivize bicycle projects and accommodations.
The state is spending a low amount, less than
1.24 percent, of federal funding on bicyclists and
pedestrians- the lowest in the country.
• Support growing local advocacy groups.
• Adopt a statewide bicycle plan that addresses
each of the five “Es”, has clear implementation actions, and performance metrics to gauge success.
• In general, any question that was answered with
“no” should be addressed so the answer can be a
“yes” next yearTop Tip for Improvement
Adopt a state bicycle plan including a Complete Streets policyOne Bicycle Friendly Success
The growth of local advocacy groups across the state will lead to
new opportunities to become more bike-friendlyThank you Bill - yes good goals for the Statewide Advocacy Group. The Share the Road campaign from the city rolled out today. It's a decent effort.
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