WHAT: Cycling advocates from throughout Virginia will convene at Sophia House in rural Louisa County to share information and guidance on local and statewide cycling advocacy matters. This annual strategic planning weekend will address vital bicycling issues in your community and across Virginia. All VBF members are warmly invited for the full weekend or simply for a brief membership meeting at noon on Saturday where VBF members will elect our board of directors for the coming year and vote on proposed amendments to the VBF bylaws.
WHO: YOU and your cycling friends are invited to attend.
PURPOSE: As bicyclists, we increase our cycling advocacy work during the winter months to improve cycling conditions throughout the year. [continue reading…]
Three Northern Virginia adult education programs are
separately sponsoring four different cycling skills
and bicycle maintenance classes taught by Allen
Muchnick, a nationally certified League of American
Bicyclists (LAB) Cycling Instructor. Except as noted,
all classes will meet on weekday evenings from
6:30-9:30 PM.
THE FOUR COURSES ARE (see longer descriptions, fees,
dates, and locations below): [continue reading…]
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Policy for Integrating Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodations [http://www.virginiadot.org/programs/resources/bike_ped_policy.pdf], adopted 3/18/04, is a major step toward the better accommodation of bicycling and walking in Virginia as “fundamental travel modes and integral components of an efficient transportation network.” In late 2005, VDOT initiated two processes to ensure that the many aspects of that wide-ranging, six-page policy statement are actually realized: 1) an internal audit of VDOT’s bicycle and pedestrian programs and how the new policy statement has been interpreted and implemented to date and 2) the creation of a department-wide policy implementation team tasked with writing a detailed policy implementation plan by mid-2006. In addition, VDOT will create and publish Virginia’s first statewide bicycle map by fall 2006. The Virginia Bicycling Federation commends these VDOT initiatives and offers the following eleven recommendations for VDOT’s upcoming policy implementation plan. [continue reading…]
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