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http:// www.healthyshelbycounty.org BICYCLE TRAILS ACTION TEAM MEETING Rolling Strong into 2014 and Beyond Wednesday, March 5 , 2014 – Blue River Community Foundation, 4 p.m. 1
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1. Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Blue River Community Foundation, 4
p.m. BICYCLE TRAILS ACTION TEAM MEETING Rolling Strong into 2014
and Beyond http://www.healthyshelbycounty.org 1
2. Agenda Mayor Tom DeBaun Welcome and Comments 3 Karen Martin
of Shelbyville Parks and Recreation on BRT grant 4 Denise Holland
on Active Living Workshop grant 5 Rupert Boneham of Ruperts Kids 6
Mario Vian of Hoosier Rails to Trails Council update on U.S.
Bicycle Route # 35 7 Jim Garlits on Active Transportation --
Walking, Biking, Public Trans 8 Creation of Mayors Active
Transportation Advisory Committee 16 Open Floor -- Discussion 17
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3. Tom DeBaun, Shelbyville Mayor Welcome and Opening Comments
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4. Karen Martin, Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Blue River
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5. Denise Holland, HSC Active Living Workshop
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6. Rupert Boneham Coming soon to Shelbyville
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7. Mario Vian Hoosier Rails to Trails Council U.S. Bike Route
35 Update http://www.healthyshelbycounty.org 7
8. Jim Garlits Bike Trails Action Team Coordinator Active
Transportation Walking, Biking, Public Transportation
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9. A Pleasant Surprise We will be giving the keynote address on
Saturday morning, April 26th, At the Indiana Bike Summit at the
Bloomington convention center. The topic is Shelbyville Success
Story. http://www.healthyshelbycounty.org
10. What is Active Transportation? The best way to describe
active transportation is with the phrase I got there under my own
power. *Walking *Bicycling *Wheelchair *In-line skates
*Skateboarding Premise: Everyone is a pedestrian Everyone has
different preferences when it comes to transportation, but theres
one that all road users share Health & Well-Being Safety
everyone is a pedestrian. Unfortunately, pedestrians are usually
overlooked when roads are built, and therefore experience higher
fatality rates than drivers. They also foot the Walkability bill
for transportation infrastructure under a myriad of taxes (fuel
taxes only fund a fraction anymore) but reap no benefit because the
roads are built to exclude them. No sidewalks. No bike lanes. No
side-paths. Adding them only adds 3% to a project.
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Sustainability
11. Why Active Transportation and Why Shelbyville? Nearly 1/3
of the United States population is transportation disadvantaged and
without reliable access to food, medical care, employment or
educational opportunities. Americans in the lowest 20 percent
income bracket, many of whom live in rural settings, spend about 42
percent of their total annual incomes on transportation, compared
to 22 percent among middle-income Americans. The right time to do
the right thing 6 . Like every other community, Shelbyville wants
to be a place 5 where people can live, work, and play. By
addressing active transportation in a deliberate way, we eliminate
the risk that inaction could bring: Population outflow, stagnation
and decline. 4 3 By deliberately planning for success, we ensure
it. A vibrant and thriving downtown. Neighborhoods that are
connected to parks, schools, and businesses by safe and
aesthetically pleasing 2 1 walking and biking facilities. Policies
and plans that send the message that we want people to walk and
bike, and infrastructure that allows them to safely do so.
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12. What Does Active Transportation Look Like?
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13. All Stakeholders With the coordinated efforts of all
interested parties, our work can be energizing and effective. By
including city and county government, parks and recreation,
economic development and redevelopment entities, private
businesses, health organizations, senior services, volunteer
organizations, churches, and private citizens, we can ensure that
all voices are heard, those interested in advocating for active
transportation, as well as the drivers with whom we share the road,
and the adjacent homes and businesses. Relevancy Everyones time is
precious. Still, many are realizing that being actively engaged in
the betterment of the local community is important work. The
outcomes from active transportation will be apparent on multiple
levels, as something worth getting involved in and bragging about.
Positive health outcomes. Better economic opportunities for more
people. Creating social connections and community pride. Making
Shelbyville an even more beautiful place to live, work, and play.
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14. Methods From walkability studies, curbside chats, bike
level of service surveys, complete streets and safe routes to
school models, to tactical urbanism events, bike to business boosts
and other types of economic flashmob gatherings, bike and
pedestrian advocacy can be downright fun as well as helpful to the
community. LABs 5 Es adapted Education: Giving people of all ages
and abilities the skills and confidence to ride bikes, and
preparing a community for the needed changes to infrastructure,
policies, and mindsets. Encouragement: Creating a strong bike
culture that welcomes and celebrates walking and bicycling
Engineering: Creating safe and convenient places to walk, ride and
park Enforcement: Ensuring safe roads for all users Evaluation
& Planning: Planning for walking and bicycling as a safe and
viable transportation options
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15. Were following some experienced shoe leather Shelbyville
and Shelby County arent creating these proposals in a vacuum. We
are in a position to capitalize on best practices and proven
outcomes from similar sized cities around the U.S. Fact is, not
only does walkability and bikeability provide a catalyst for
downtown redevelopment, improve health outcomes for citizens,
create economic opportunities, and beautify public spaceit ties us
to a place, and builds community pride. A city is never finished
becoming what it is. It is always a work in progress, or regress.
Shelbyvilles motto is Pride in Progress. Together, lets make it so.
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16. Mayors Active Transportation Advisory Committee Stakeholder
sign up to be on committee Mayor appoints committee chairperson
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17. Open for discussion http://www.healthyshelbycounty.org
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18. ADJOURNED! THANK YOU
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