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Local Bicycling

Developments –

2018 & Beyond

KATS-BFK Community Event

KRESA Wile Auditorium May 16, 2018

WELCOME!

Agenda

• Welcome & Overview

• KATSMoves – Megan Mickelson

• Navigating the Five “E's:” Pedal's

Journey to Bike Friendliness – Tim

Krone

• Healthy Transportation – Brendan

Molony

• Accelerating a More Bike Friendly

Culture in Portage – Kathleen Hoyle

• Legislative Update: Creating Safer

Bike Laws in Michigan – Sen.

Margaret O’Brien

• Q&A

Welcome & Overview

Welcome, on behalf of your hosts!

KATS: Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study /

KATSMoves project

BFK: Bike Friendly Kalamazoo

Special Welcome: David Warwick, Chair,

Kalamazoo Bike Week

Special Announcement: Paul Runnels, Board

Member, Open Roads Project

Please hold questions until the end to ensure ample time

for our speakers.

Agenda


• KATSMoves: Update –

Megan Mickelson

KATS MOVES www.facebook.com/katsmoves

A Community Vision

KATS MOVES created a community driven plan to

enhance and connect the pedestrian, greenway, and

transit facilities throughout the planning area for the

Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study (KATS).

Project Prioritization

Short

Term

Pro

jects

Final KATS MOVES Plan

Available at www.katsmpo.org > Documents > Non-Motorized

Planning

http://www.katsmpo.org/

Agenda


• KATSMoves: KATS Pedestrian, Greenway,

and Transit Plan Update – Megan Mickelson

• Navigating the Five

“E's:” Pedal's Journey

to Bike Friendliness –

Tim Krone

Navigating the Five

“E’s”

PEDAL’s journey to bicycle friendliness

Bike League 5 Eeeees

Engineering

Education

Encouragement

Evaluation/Planning

Enforcement (communities, not businesses)

We’re Pretty Good

Covered employee bike parking

Commuting incentive

Shared bikes at the shops

Community maintenance classes

Good internal bike culture (!)

We Could Improve

Improve end of trip facilities (esp. Downtown)

Expand bike education and infrastructure in the community

Increase and improve customer bike parking

Formalize a bike coordinator role

Plan and measure better

New Considerations

It’s Over!

Agenda




• Navigating the Five “E's:” Pedal's Journey

to Bike Friendliness – Tim Krone

• Healthy Transportation –

Brendan Molony

HEALTHY TRANSPORTATION

5/16/2018

Brendan Molony

Sustainability Coordinator

Bronson Healthcare Group

Dimensions of Health & Well-being

20

Create an environment and culture that offers individuals the greatest

amount of support and opportunity to actively engage in

their own health

21

Building a Healthy Environment

22

Infrastructure Culture

24

Culture Change

25

Dimensions of Health & Well-being

26

Thank you! bronsonhealth.com

27

Agenda






• Healthy Transportation – Brendan Molony

• Accelerating a More

Bike Friendly Culture in

Portage – Kathleen

Hoyle

“Accelerating a More Bike Friendly Culture in Portage”

Kathleen Hoyle Director, Parks, Recreation & Senior Citizen Services

VISION: • Focus on pedestrians and not just automobiles • Coexistence of pedestrian and automotive

infrastructures • Provide connectivity with other communities • Identify areas along the trails for placemaking • Create recreational destinations to explore • Create Quality of Life experiences for every

generation

BENEFITS: • Provides equitable access for all people • Offers significant health benefits • Offset congested roads • Reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas • Cost savings in maintenance, construction/

renovation of automobile infrastructure • Less reliance on parking lots that are unused a

significant amount of time • More collaboration with businesses

PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION NETWORK Connecting neighborhoods, business, and recreation

CONSTRUCTED - 56 miles of bicycle lanes - 18.75 miles of off-road trails

- 1.1 miles in 2018 - 8.5 miles in 2019-2022

• Trails as a

Pedestrian Transportation Network

• Combination of Non-motorized Trails and Bikeway Lanes

• Linkages with

Neighborhoods, Businesses, Schools, & Parks

• Current Focus is in

the Northeast and Southeast

• Yellow Areas Need Connectivity

• Celery Flats is Non-

Motorized Transportation Hub

FOCUS ON A BIKE CULTURE

• Achieved Bronze level status as a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.

• Developing a Bicycle

Friendly Community Plan toward achieving Silver status in the future. - Safety Programs - Events - Business Collaboration

BRANDING: Destinations

• Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee • Bike Patrol program • Bike Rental System for Celery Flats Hub • Bike Skills Course in Lexington Green Park - varying skill levels • Bike Focused Events (Tour de Portage to be held in August) • Business Collaboration Bike Rack program • Rolling Ranger program for bike oriented tours with Rangers • Continue Trail System Development:

THIS YEAR: - 1.1 mile trail along Portage Road between Centre Ave. and Ramona Ave.

NEXT YEAR: -2.5 mile Austin Lake 2.5 mile Trail between Zylman Ave. and south City Limit -1.1 mile Romence Road extension east to Bishop Road and the east City Limit -1.2 mile connection between Lexington Green Park and Bishop Road

PLANS

Thank you!

Agenda






• Healthy Transportation – Brendan Molony

• Accelerating a More Bike Friendly Culture in

Portage – Kathleen Hoyle

• Legislative Update:

Creating Safer Bike

Laws in Michigan –

Sen. Margaret O’Brien

Q & A

• Questions?

Thank You!

• Thanks to our

speakers and the

organizations they

represent

• Thanks to KRESA

for making these

facilities available

• Thanks again for

coming!