Louisville: Getting to GoldLouisville: Getting to Gold

Andy Clarke

President

League of American Bicyclists

What is the BFC What is the BFC Program?Program?

• Started in 1996 with Started in 1996 with simple criteriasimple criteria

• Revised in 2002Revised in 2002

• 4 Award levels4 Award levels– PlatinumPlatinum– GoldGold– SilverSilver– BronzeBronze

Designated CommunitiesDesignated Communities• PlatinumPlatinum

– Boulder, COBoulder, CO– Davis, CADavis, CA– Portland, ORPortland, OR

• GoldGold– Corvallis, ORCorvallis, OR– Fort Collins, COFort Collins, CO– Jackson, WYJackson, WY– Madison, WIMadison, WI– Palo Alto, CAPalo Alto, CA– San Francisco, CASan Francisco, CA– Stanford, CAStanford, CA– Tucson region, AZTucson region, AZ

Designated CommunitiesDesignated Communities

– Olympia, WAOlympia, WA– Presidio, CAPresidio, CA– San Luis Obispo, CASan Luis Obispo, CA– Santa Barbara, CASanta Barbara, CA– Santa Cruz, CASanta Cruz, CA– Scottsdale, AZScottsdale, AZ– Stanford, CAStanford, CA– Steamboat Springs, COSteamboat Springs, CO– Tempe, AZTempe, AZ– Wood River Valley, IDWood River Valley, ID

• SilverSilver– Arlington, VAArlington, VA– Austin, TXAustin, TX– Bellingham, WABellingham, WA– Chicago, ILChicago, IL– Colorado Springs, COColorado Springs, CO– Durango, CODurango, CO– Eugene, OREugene, OR– Folsom, CAFolsom, CA– Gainesville, FLGainesville, FL– Minneapolis, MNMinneapolis, MN

Bronze CommunitiesBronze Communities

Ada County, IDAda County, IDAlbuquerque, NMAlbuquerque, NMAnn Arbor, MIAnn Arbor, MIArcata, CAArcata, CAArvada, COArvada, COAshland, ORAshland, ORAuburn, ALAuburn, ALBainbridge Island, WABainbridge Island, WABeaverton, ORBeaverton, ORBend, ORBend, ORBillings, MTBillings, MTBloomington, INBloomington, INBoca Raton, FLBoca Raton, FLBrentwood, CABrentwood, CABrunswick, MEBrunswick, MEBurlington, VTBurlington, VTCarmel, INCarmel, INCarrboro, NCCarrboro, NCCary, NCCary, NC

Chandler, AZChandler, AZCharlotte, NCCharlotte, NCCharlottesville, VACharlottesville, VAChattanooga, TNChattanooga, TNChico, CAChico, CAClaremont, CAClaremont, CACoeur d’Alene, IDCoeur d’Alene, IDColumbia, SCColumbia, SCDenver, CODenver, COFlagstaff, AZFlagstaff, AZGilbert, AZGilbert, AZLaCrosse, WILaCrosse, WILawrence, KSLawrence, KSLexington, KYLexington, KYLiberty Lake, WALiberty Lake, WALongmont, COLongmont, COLouisville, KYLouisville, KYMesa, AZMesa, AZMilwaukee, WIMilwaukee, WI

Mountain View, CAMountain View, CANew York, NYNew York, NYOceanside, CAOceanside, CAOrlando, FLOrlando, FLOxford, MSOxford, MSPark City, UTPark City, UTPort Townsend, WAPort Townsend, WAPresidio, CAPresidio, CARoseville, CARoseville, CASalt Lake City, UTSalt Lake City, UTSan Jose, CASan Jose, CASanta Clarita, CASanta Clarita, CASalem, ORSalem, ORSchaumburg, ILSchaumburg, ILShawnee, KSShawnee, KSSouth Sioux City, NESouth Sioux City, NESpartanburg, SCSpartanburg, SCSunnyvale, CASunnyvale, CAThousand Oaks, CAThousand Oaks, CAVancouver, WAVancouver, WAWashington, DCWashington, DC

What Do BFC’s Have?What Do BFC’s Have?

• Commitment to actionCommitment to action– Action PlanAction Plan

• Targets, measuresTargets, measures• Network of all Network of all

facilitiesfacilities– Complete Streets Complete Streets

policypolicy

• Breadth of programsBreadth of programs• People riding bikes!People riding bikes!

Boulder: 25% SOV GoalBoulder: 25% SOV Goal

Bicycle Friendly StatesBicycle Friendly States

• Ranked by 70+ criteriaRanked by 70+ criteria– LegislationLegislation– PoliciesPolicies– Funding levelsFunding levels– Crash and use dataCrash and use data– Education and encouragement programsEducation and encouragement programs

• Application sent to State Bike/Ped Application sent to State Bike/Ped coordinator in DOTcoordinator in DOT– Questions also about recreation, healthQuestions also about recreation, health

Best States for Bicycling?Best States for Bicycling?

Top rankedTop ranked

• WashingtonWashington• WisconsinWisconsin• ArizonaArizona• OregonOregon• MinnesotaMinnesota

Less well rankedLess well ranked

• West VirginiaWest Virginia• GeorgiaGeorgia• AlabamaAlabama• MississippiMississippi• North DakotaNorth Dakota

Barriers to ProgressBarriers to Progress

Is it…Is it…

• Technical knowledge, examples?Technical knowledge, examples?

• Funding?Funding?

• Geography, demography?Geography, demography?

• Good reasons for getting more Good reasons for getting more people walking and bicycling?people walking and bicycling?

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So What’s Holding us Back?So What’s Holding us Back?

• Lack of belief…a credibility gap?Lack of belief…a credibility gap?

• Lack of focus and infighting Lack of focus and infighting among the bike/ped world?among the bike/ped world?

• Major institutional barriers at the Major institutional barriers at the regional, state and Federal level?regional, state and Federal level?

• Low priority?Low priority?

• Small plans?Small plans?

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The invaded city....from 1950s

Most major Roads have been converted into two-lane roads-with bikelanes and

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America Has a New LoveAmerica Has a New Love

Portland = PlatinumPortland = Platinum Increasing use

– Boulder @ 16% trips – Palo Alto @ 6%– Tucson @ 2.25%

Portland = PlatinumPortland = Platinum Create a bicycling culture

– Velo Quebec/Montreal– Chicagoland Bicycle

Federation

Portland = PlatinumPortland = Platinum

Keep building the network

Portland = PlatinumPortland = Platinum

Make bicycling the BEST option

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