Sorry for the late notice, but hopefully we can get some bike advocates to this meeting — or at least help spread the word about what’s going on in Blacksburg.
Beth Lohman writes:
VDOT is hosting a public input session on the Route 460/Southgate interchange this coming Wednesday. The project scope includes some work in the area where the Huckleberry Trail tunnel under Route 460 is located. Please plan on attending the meeting and providing comments on the proposed work. The details are:
WHEN: Wednesday, May 8 | 5-7pm
WHERE: The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, 901 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg
PLAN REVIEWS:
If you have any questions now or for the meeting, please contact Phil Hammack, VDOT, at 540-387-5353.
Beth Lohman
With the start of Bike Month this week, the League of American Bicyclists released their 2013 Bicycle Friendly State Rankings. At 16th, we’ve moved up one from 17th in 2012. But we still have a long way to go to make top ten in time for Richmond 2015.
Wouldn’t that be nice?
What can we, the Virginia Bicycling Federation, do better, to help make Virginia a top ten state?
Please see the Bike Smart Richmond cyclist/driver PSAs from Fox Richmond. Sheryl Finucane from RABA and Michael Gilbert and I from RideRichmond collaborated with them on the messaging to keep them short and to the point, to make them targeted towards both drivers and cyclists, and to have a diverse group of cyclists filmed.
I hope this is the first of many opportunities for such community education, and these turned out pretty well, I think. You can even get a quick glimpse of me in the sidewalk video.
Driving around cyclists
http://youtu.be/EezZDtGV5Fo
Why not to ride on the sidewalk
http://youtu.be/CPB8B0s_EAs
Visibility and Hand Signals
http://youtu.be/8ST71he_jm4
Shared Lane Markings / Sharrows
http://youtu.be/Nx6_ekJHBfk
Virginia Tech cyclists in Blacksburg – VT News photo.
Three more Virginia universities have been awarded Bicycle Friendly University status, Bronze-level, by the League of American Bicyclists:
- Virginia Tech in Blacksburg
- George Mason University in Fairfax
- Old Dominion University in Norfolk
Congratulations to all! We now have six Bicycle Friendly Universities in Virginia, including Bronze-level James Madison University and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, and Silver-level Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
View the nationwide list (PDF).
Photo by Chris Scott & Shenandoah Mountain Touring.
Richmond and central Virginia may become a major mountain biking destination, as Pocahontas State Park becomes an IMBA Ride Center. (Story at Richmond Times-Dispatch)
This is big news. Only 11 destinations worldwide that have achieved Ride Center status. One is our own Harrisonburg.
A Ride Center™ has trails for all types and ability levels of mountain bikers. For example, Pocahontas State Park will have trails designed for users of hand cycles.
Special thanks to Greg Rollins, Jim Beamer, Jason Eige, and Governor Bob McDonnell.
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