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Bicycle and Pedestrian Workshop - Public Sector

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Charles Riou, P.E.
Wednesday, Feb, 1, 2012 | 1:00-2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00-4:30pm (Part 2)
• AICP CM’s applied for

This workshop is for Texas bicycle coordinators and others with similar state, local and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) jobs such as Safe Routes to School (SRTS), Traffic Safety, and Obesity Prevention specialists.

Charles Riou, [...read more]

Safe Routes to School Event Training

Safe Routes to School Event
Brenda Chuleewah
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 | 1:00 – 2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00 – 4:30pm (Part 2)
• AICP CM’s applied for

Given the need to foster more active lifestyles, encouraging youth and their families to become more physically active both through education and by providing real life practice through events, is a [...read more]

KEYNOTE: John Burke, President, Trek Bicycle

John Burke
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 at 7:30 – 9:00am
• AICP CM’s applied for

The Country with the Greatest Potential for Bicycling – the United States!

John Burke has wowed audiences from Taipai to Washington D.C. with his vision for a better America, one that includes dramatic increases in bicycling for transportation, recreation, and health. [...read more]

San Antonio B-Cycle Bike Share

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Julia Diana AICP, Cindi Snell
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15am to 10:30am
• AICP CM’s applied for

San Antonio B-Cycle launched in March 2011 and is an urban short-trip transportation network of 14 bike stations in the downtown core.

This presentation will highlight the process taken by the City of San Antonio for [...read more]

San Antonio Síclovía: Promoting Active Transportation from a Public Health Platform

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Pedro T. Garcia, Katherine Velasquez
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

In partnership with the YMCA of Greater San Antonio and the assistance of many volunteers and the community, the City of San Antonio held its first ciclovía on October 2, 2011 as an [...read more]

KEYNOTE: Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis

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Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 12:00 – 2:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Bringing Racial and Socio-Economic Diversity to Cycling

Senator Rodney Ellis is an African American state legislator from Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States where he represents one of the most racially and socio-economically diverse senatorial districts [...read more]

Bikes and Buses Past, Present and Future

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Abigail Kinnison AICP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Bikes and public transportation work well together for passengers that may be outside of the transit service area or interested in a healthy and green transportation option. VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio has committed to accommodate [...read more]

RIDE: San Antonio B-Cycle Bike Share Tour

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Cindi Snell, JD Simpson
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

San Antonio B-Cycle is the first bike sharing system in Texas. With 20 stations at popular downtown destinations, the system is becoming a popular alternative transportation option for residents and visitors.

Planners will learn how bike [...read more]

Scalable Efforts to Integrate Youth Bicycle Safety Education and Enforcement into Underserved Populations for Public School Physical Activity Classes and Municipal Summer Camps

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Rolf Eisinger MPH LCI
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

Based on public input from Louisville’s Bike Summit and Metro Council Public Bike Master Plan Forums, the public wanted an increase in youth bicycle education and enforcement. Therefore, Bike Louisville used a [...read more]

KEYNOTE: Congressman James Oberstar

Congressman James L. Oberstar
Thursday, February 2, 2012 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Active Transportation: Lessons from Europe

America should be doing more to encourage passenger rail, urban transit, and bicycling than we are today. Congressman Oberstar brings over 50 years’ experience in the Transportation Committee in Washington D.C.

He will discuss his recent survey [...read more]

KEYNOTE: Keith Laughlin, President of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

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Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 7:30 – 9:00am

Keith Laughlin is the president of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), the nation’s largest trails organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters. With an extensive network of partners in the recreation, health promotion, transportation and conservation communities, RTC works to create a national environment that promotes, [...read more]

Better Block Initiatives

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Andrew Howard AICP
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

The “Better Block” project is a demonstration tool that temporarily builds-out a street to show the potential to create a great walkable, vibrant neighborhood center. The project acts as a living charrette so that communities [...read more]

Master Bike Plans: Dallas and San Antonio

Max Kalhammer, Jim Carillo
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Come learn about how to plan for the future of bicycle systems in Texas, with a review of two of the newest bicycle plans in Texas.

The 2011 Dallas Bike Plan is a 10-year comprehensive planning guide which [...read more]

RIDE: Bike Tour of the San Antonio River Improvements Project - Mission Reach

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Jim Doersam PE, Matthew Driffill
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

The Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project is transforming an eight mile stretch of the San Antonio River into a quality riparian woodland ecosystem. This unique project restores riverine features and riparian woodlands, reintroduces [...read more]

RIDE: Leon Creek Greenway short (8-mile) and long (26-mile) rides

Leon Greenway Trail - Near OP Schnabel Park
Greg Hammer, Brandon Ross AICP
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45 pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Thirty-four miles of developed urban Greenway trails are now open to the public. The Linear Park Development Program for Salado Creek, Leon Creek, Medina River and the San Antonio River is funded through sales [...read more]

What do non-cyclists need to make the transition to cycling for transportation?

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Hans-Jurgen (Jack) Becker, BASC, MBA Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm

Separated bike lanes, social marketing, what comes first?

The presentation will explore the proposition that true cycling traffic growth will not come about until a cycling infrastructure exists that is appealing to customers of the target market for future cycling traffic growth, [...read more]