[sustran] Re: Pro-bicycle campaigns

[pnegron at cam.org]

I think one city that was able to make serious efforts in promoting bike use is 
Vancouver, in Canada. Their strategy is not really about promoting esclusively 
bike use or constructing bike ways, but instead, to make bike-transit 
ointegration more easy. I recomend to visit the web site of their 
transportation authority: www.translink.bc.ca and the web site of the bike 
organism www.best.bc.ca
They have a lot of usefull stuff

Paula Negron
Université de Montréal
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
> [mailto:owner-sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of Lake Sagaris
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:38 AM
> To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
> Subject: [sustran] Pro-bicycle campaigns
> 
> 
> Dear Sustran-members
> 
> Here in Santiago, Chile, Ciudad Viva (Living City), our community 
> organization, is currently working with government, municipal and 
> international officials on a bicycle project with support from the
> Global 
> Environmental Fund (main purpose, reduce greenhouse emissions by 
> campaigning and building infrastructure to get more people moving by
> bike).
> 
> We are looking for information on how successful pro-bike campaigns have
> 
> been organized: who has headed these campaigns? What kind of role have 
> non-governmental organizations in general and community groups (parents,
> 
> sports clubs, unions, neighbourhood associations, organizations of bike 
> users/riders) played in leading or contributing to these campaigns? What
> 
> are the key ingredients and how should they be organized to get the most
> 
> out of them (publicity, bike days, safe rides to school campaigns,
> media, 
> etc.)? What kind of funding packages/systems have proved the most
> successful?
> 
> We are very interested in the Sustran effort in the UK, with its safe
> rides 
> to schools, transnet, a new Internet resource for kids, and its national
> 
> bike network. Is there one central funding process for these or other 
> similar programs, or are funds part of municipal school budgets, or
> other 
> programs?
> 
> What are the key elements for getting people informed and motivated to
> use 
> bikes? We are thinking of a good, informative website with maps, tips, 
> safety recommendations and the like, an information centre (or 
> decentralized information via news kiosks, or both?), basic maps,
> flyers, 
> etc., a pilot program in schools and combined with the Santiago 
> metro/subway. What else should we be thinking of?
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We're really looking for
> the 
> nuts and bolts, the kinds of information behind this list, successful 
> campaigns, web pages and the like. As usual, our time to do this is 
> limited, but our willingness enormous, so all pointers will be greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks muchly and greetings to all.
> 
> Lake
> 
> Lake Sagaris
> Communications, Ciudad Viva
> 
> 
> 
> 




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