Comments on: Marketing Bike Boulevards to Non-Bikers http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/14/marketing-bike-boulevards-to-non-bikers/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg Raisman http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/14/marketing-bike-boulevards-to-non-bikers/comment-page-1/#comment-134711 Greg Raisman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:20:29 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=69011#comment-134711 This is the presentation that we used to introduce neighborhoods to the bike boulevard concept this year. http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=50518&a=263487 We are in the process of implementing 8 new bike boulevards that cover 15 miles in Portland by the end of June, 2010. There are some design examples at the end of the presentation. These are general concepts and have evolved through the process of developing the boulevards. You can learn more at our project web page: http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=50516 Thanks. Greg Raisman Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership Portland Bureau of Transportation This is the presentation that we used to introduce neighborhoods to the bike boulevard concept this year.

http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=50518&a=263487

We are in the process of implementing 8 new bike boulevards that cover 15 miles in Portland by the end of June, 2010.

There are some design examples at the end of the presentation. These are general concepts and have evolved through the process of developing the boulevards.

You can learn more at our project web page: http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=50516

Thanks.
Greg Raisman
Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership
Portland Bureau of Transportation

]]> By: J:Lai http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/14/marketing-bike-boulevards-to-non-bikers/comment-page-1/#comment-134431 J:Lai Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:15:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=69011#comment-134431 I've noticed that it's an incredible easy position for many politicians and business/community "leaders" to come out in some way against bike lanes or other bike infrastructure. There are prevalent (wrong) ideas that any bike infrastructrue is elitist, manhattan-centric, bad for business, and bad for the "middle class". This seems like a total PR failure. I would love to see some kind of bicycle ad campaign. Something like a series of "I'm a biker" profiles with subjects that are 1. Not from Manhattan 2. Using a bike for commuting or other economic activity as opposed to recreation 3. Middle-class identified (whatever that means) I'm not sure if there is any group that has the funding to do something like that (maybe TA?) but it just seems like one of the biggest obstacles to improving bike infrastructure in this city is the mis-information and negative attitudes. If that works, the next series should address the misperception of bikers as scofflaw threats to public safety. I’ve noticed that it’s an incredible easy position for many politicians and business/community “leaders” to come out in some way against bike lanes or other bike infrastructure.
There are prevalent (wrong) ideas that any bike infrastructrue is elitist, manhattan-centric, bad for business, and bad for the “middle class”.

This seems like a total PR failure. I would love to see some kind of bicycle ad campaign. Something like a series of “I’m a biker” profiles with subjects that are

1. Not from Manhattan
2. Using a bike for commuting or other economic activity as opposed to recreation
3. Middle-class identified (whatever that means)

I’m not sure if there is any group that has the funding to do something like that (maybe TA?) but it just seems like one of the biggest obstacles to improving bike infrastructure in this city is the mis-information and negative attitudes.

If that works, the next series should address the misperception of bikers as scofflaw threats to public safety.

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