The Virginia LTAP (Local Technical Assistance Program) will conduct a one-day workshop on Designing for Bicycles in Charlottesville on Monday, April 28, 2008. Though geared toward transportation engineers and planning professionals, all are welcome. VBF encourages all bike advocates to attend, and to urge local governments and engineering and planning entities to send their staff. Receiving technical training together is a great way for everyone to get to know each other!
Fees are: free for VDOT employees, $35 for other government employees, and $80 for everyone else. This is all-inclusive, covering the session, all course materials, and meals. Payment is by check only. Please send your check along with the downloadable PDF registration form. (The mailing address and “payable to” is on the form.)
For more information, call Jane Carlson at (434) 982-2897, fax at (434) 982-2856, or email ltap@virginia.edu
The Local Technical Assistance Program is an initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration to bring state of the art knowledge to local engineers and planners, through low cost training programs, technical assistance, and other technology transfer activities. Part of a national network of LTAP centers, the Virginia LTAP is based at the University of Virginia’s Center for Transportation Studies.
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Knowledgeable cyclists (not just “bike advocates”) should attend this training to assess the quality of information (and quite possibly misinformation) presented. The title “Designing for Bicycles” (rather than *bicyclists*) makes me skeptical, and I’d like to know the presenter’s credentials as both a vehicular cyclist and as a competent authority on bicycling crashes and bicycle facility design.
Rather than primarily grafting pedestrianized “bicycle facilities” onto overly fast roads in urbanized areas, VDOT and local agencies should design and operate Virginia’s streets and highways to safely promote bicycling in shared space with motorized traffic, consistent with the rules of the road for all vehicles.
John Forester got it straight when he said, “Bicyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles”.