Sustainable Transportation Discussions - Transition Whatcom2024-03-29T10:28:38Zhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/sustainabletransportation/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noBellingham residents’ input sought for bicycle routes, facilities and moretag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2013-04-10:2723460:Topic:891282013-04-10T16:08:31.450ZDavid MacLeodhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
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<p>People throughout Bellingham are invited to participate in an upcoming Open House and online survey. Public participation is critical to shaping the City’s plan to improve bicycling and provide more support for “active,” city-wide modes of transportation. The Open House is scheduled Tuesday, April 23 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the…</p>
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<p>People throughout Bellingham are invited to participate in an upcoming Open House and online survey. Public participation is critical to shaping the City’s plan to improve bicycling and provide more support for “active,” city-wide modes of transportation. The Open House is scheduled Tuesday, April 23 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Whatcom Middle School auditorium, 810 Halleck Street.<br/><br/>The Open House will include a presentation at 6:30 p.m. and a set of stations where participants will have the opportunity to:</p>
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<li>Rank goals and objectives</li>
<li>Review maps showing existing and future bike routes – provide ideas for new facilities</li>
<li>Identify important destinations for bicyclists</li>
<li>Learn about bicycle facility types including bike lanes, bike boulevards, shared-use pathways and more</li>
<li>Submit ideas for what should be included in the plan</li>
<li>Complete an <a href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1211291/Bellingham-Bike-Master-Plan-Survey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online survey</a> to assist with plan development</li>
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<p>At the 6:30 p.m. presentation, staff and consultants will provide an overview of the planning process.<br/><br/>Valet bicycle parking will be provided by everybodyBIKE. Look for the everybodyBIKE tent across Halleck Street from the school front entrance.<br/><br/>The Bellingham Bicycle Master Plan will take one year to complete and will identify a detailed strategy toward creating a safe, well-connected network of bicycle facilities and supportive programs to make bicycling a viable transportation choice for all ages and ability levels.<br/><br/> “The City looks forward to this opportunity to create a bicycle plan that reflects the needs of all members of our community,” said Ted Carlson, Public Works Director.<br/><br/>Once adopted, the bike plan will be incorporated into the <a href="http://www.cob.org/documents/planning/comprehensive-plan-code-amendments/comprehensive-plan/chapter-3-comp-plan.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transportation Element</a> of the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Public input is sought throughout the planning process. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.cob.org/bike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.cob.org/bike</a> or call Kim Brown, Transportation Options Coordinator, at 778-7950.<br/><br/>For people with special needs, contact us at 360-778-7900, or by email at <a href="http://us.mc1208.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hhiggins@cob.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hhiggins@cob.org</a>, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to arrange reasonable accommodations.</p>
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</div> Calling ALL bus riders and public transportation supporters!tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-07-06:2723460:Topic:256142010-07-06T14:29:12.233ZRenata Beata Kowalczykhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/RenataBeataKowalczyk
<p>The WTA Board meeting on July 15th at 8am is open to public comments. The issues to be discussed are proposed service cuts (for example, no Sunday service).</p>
<p>This is great opportunity for TW involvement in something that is vital to the life of our community today and in transition into the future. The Board wants to hear recommendations for creative solutions. </p>
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<p>Would members of this group be willing to come to the meeting on the 15th and prior to this either meet or…</p>
<p>The WTA Board meeting on July 15th at 8am is open to public comments. The issues to be discussed are proposed service cuts (for example, no Sunday service).</p>
<p>This is great opportunity for TW involvement in something that is vital to the life of our community today and in transition into the future. The Board wants to hear recommendations for creative solutions. </p>
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<p>Would members of this group be willing to come to the meeting on the 15th and prior to this either meet or communicate on this site creating potential solutions that will be presented to the Board on the 15th? </p>
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<p>What: WTA Board meeting</p>
<p>When: July 15th at 8AM</p>
<p>WHERE: Whatcom County Council Chambers, at 311 Grand Ave, Bellingham</p>
<p> </p> Material discussed at April 22 meetingtag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-05-03:2723460:Topic:213752010-05-03T23:37:57.932ZJim McCabehttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/JimMcCabe
Here is the material I mentioned at the April 22 meeting.<br/><br/>The first doc is data from the first SocialData survey in 2007. Werner Brog presented the results of the 2009 follow up survey at the City Council on April 26 tho I haven't found an electronic copy yet. It was reported in the Herald the following day.<br/><br/>The second doc is the Powerpoint I used for the Transportation talk at the Great Unleashing on April 10.<br/><br/>Jim M.<br/>
Here is the material I mentioned at the April 22 meeting.<br/><br/>The first doc is data from the first SocialData survey in 2007. Werner Brog presented the results of the 2009 follow up survey at the City Council on April 26 tho I haven't found an electronic copy yet. It was reported in the Herald the following day.<br/><br/>The second doc is the Powerpoint I used for the Transportation talk at the Great Unleashing on April 10.<br/><br/>Jim M.<br/> Meeting Minutes for April 22, 2010tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-04-26:2723460:Topic:205942010-04-26T05:24:09.839ZDavid Waughhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidWaugh
<strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Minutes</span></strong><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Present:</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">1. David
Waugh</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">2. Jim
McCabe</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">3. Nathan
Chapman</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">4. Rick
Dudley</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">5. Heather
K.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">6. Rick
Dubrow</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Items of discussion:</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Getting WTA involvement in our group</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">1. Jim to
get Rick Dubrow Maureen McCarthy's contact info. Rick will see if she<br />
or<br />
someone else (i.e. Phil Printz, a WTA driver that Rick Dubrow knows<br />
well) from the WTA might attend our meetings.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Neeed to identify a leader of our group</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">1.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> David Waugh may be leaving town for the summer and wants another leader to step forward.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">2. </span></strong> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">On
June 2<br />
there's an important TW meeting to design the next evolutionary morphing<br />
of<br />
TW leadership. The TWIGs hope that each working group will identify<strong> </strong>a<br />
leader from within their group to attend this meeting. The opportunity<br />
exists<br />
for this person to be one of the new core leaders of TW.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">3. Clarification:
Rick Dubrow will not remain on this work group. He<br />
is present so as to help this working group get up and running.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Results of brainstorming session to identify potential projects [or work group
goals]<br />
upon which to focus:</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">1. Promote
local development of non-petroleum fuels</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">2. Decrease
the carbon footprint of travel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">3. Promote
carbon offset purchasing in response to one's travel (.e. Native<br />
Energy)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">4. Promote
the alternative transportation portions of Bellingham's<br />
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (which already exists)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">5. Aid
in the development of TW's Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">6. Promote
our citizens' continuous decrease in their reliance upon carbon-based<br />
travel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">7. Increase
local secutrity and resilience by decreasing our dependence on<br />
petroleum</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">8. Promote
awareness of our addiction to oil; educate citizen's that a liter<br />
of oil contains the equivalent of 200 person hours of hard, physcial<br />
work (so a<br />
$1 purchse of gas gets 200 working hours, or 1/2 cent per<br />
hour; oil replaced slavery in empowering our lifestyles)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">9. Promote
(petrol-powered) car-free living</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">10. Promote
human power travel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">11. Promote
'complete streets' that increase the safety and comfort for walkers,<br />
strollers, wheel chairs and bicycles</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">12. Promote</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">cycling
safety<br />
and acceptance on all streets</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">13. Improve
non-carbon and low-carbon travel options for the disabled or low income</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">14. Foster
each Transition Initiative's transportation-oriented working groups</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">15. Focus
these goals beyond Bellingham's urban core (into the small cities and<br />
the<br />
rural county) wherever possible</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">16. Promote
human powered services (i.e. moving furniture by bike; mobile bike<br />
repairs; bike delivery (pharmaceuticals; groceries; messenger service;<br />
pedi-cabs; small parcel delivery; etc.)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">17. Identify
and consistently attend government meetings affecting alternative<br />
transportation</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">18. Promote
<em>free</em> bus transit</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">19. Create
decentralized bicycle repair/maintenance locations within<br />
existing neighborhoods</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">20. Promote
use of under-utilized school busses for public transit</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">21. Create
car-free streets (every-12th-street model; Railroad Avenue from Farmers<br />
Market to Adagios; etc.); address concerns of retailers by offering bike<br />
service to get consumer goods to consumer's cars</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">22. Identify,
and lobby for improvements to, dangerous intersections or obstacles<br />
to safe cycling</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">23. Promote
horse travel within the city of B'ham</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">24. Develop
a TW non-profit cycling business service (i.e. moving furniture<br />
by bike; mobile bike repairs; bike delivery (pharmaceuticals; groceries;<br />
messenger service; pedi-cabs; small parcel delivery; etc.)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Next steps</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">1. Prioritize these
potential projects and perhaps select one or more to<br />
focus upon.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">2. Select
our leadership</span></p>
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<a href="http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3"></a> Bicycle Map of Bellinghamtag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2009-12-14:2723460:Topic:117152009-12-14T07:06:17.554ZJuliet Thompsonhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/JulietThompson
Hi,<br />
Here is the pdf I mentioned showing bike routes, sidewalks, and other major infrastructure in Bham. It is the Greenstreets map. Here is how you can turn layers on and off in order to more easily see details.<br />
When you open the pdf, you will notice on the left hand side of the document, there are several tabs...one of which is called "Layers" (the double diamond icon). If you click on this<br />
tab, a list of all the layers in the map will appear. You can "turn on" and "turn off" layers in the map…
Hi,<br />
Here is the pdf I mentioned showing bike routes, sidewalks, and other major infrastructure in Bham. It is the Greenstreets map. Here is how you can turn layers on and off in order to more easily see details.<br />
When you open the pdf, you will notice on the left hand side of the document, there are several tabs...one of which is called "Layers" (the double diamond icon). If you click on this<br />
tab, a list of all the layers in the map will appear. You can "turn on" and "turn off" layers in the map by simply clicking on the eye next to the layer name. This way you can turn off the trails and bike lanes or vice versa...or whatever combination you would like to view.