Want to hear about the successes of like-minded promoters of cycling as transportation? Attend the South-Central PA Regional Bike Summit on Saturday, 18 March. The target audience includes on and off-road riders, bike club members, bike shop representatives, bicycle advocates, municipal planners, tourism promoters, health advocates, and more. The Summit will focus on how local communities were successful in adding bike lanes, trails and other cycling accommodations and how you can replicate their success in your community. The keynote speaker is Roy Gothie, PennDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator. Experts from local, state and national organizations will be serving as presenters and will be available to answer questions. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with potential partners who are also interested in making your communities more bike friendly.
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Maybe Not So Uber for Everyone
Guest essay submitted by: Ericka Jones, Systems Advocate at Center for Disability Rights…
Imagine you found out Uber was coming to your town. The typical response is to be really excited and relieved that a lower cost and convenient ride service was coming to your area. You no longer have to deal with the stress of how you will get to work on time or if a ride is even available!
Hudson Ave. bike share station is fully funded
In spring 2017, Rochester will get a bike share program, run by Zagster. Our friends at Reconnect Rochester wanted to make bike share broadly accessible to city residents, and in particular saw need for a bike share station on Hudson Ave. in the Upper Falls neighborhood, where no station had otherwise been planned. But there’s a cost: $9000 for the additional station.
That brings us to the good news. The Crowdrise campaign to raise the money was wildly successful, and the Hudson Ave. station is now fully funded. More than 140 people donated (read the full list), more than $1000 came from RCA members (woohoo!), and R Community Bikes gave matching donations. Not only will the Hudson Ave. station go forward, but because of the campaign, there will be 10 shared bikes at the Public Market, and another station on Adams Street in Corn Hill–special thanks for that one go to Laura Beth and Matthew Denker. Congratulations go to everybody who together made these good things happen!
Main Street bike lane: Progress update
The City of Rochester will soon make substantial updates to Main Street, and RCA is among a coalition of citizens advocating for dedicated bike lanes on our new-and-improved Main Street. Read more about the project in the January RCA meeting minutes, available here.