Sunday, September 18, 2016

Take the survey for Local Motion!

From Local Motion
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Local Motion is in the middle of a total rewrite of our five-year strategic plan.  As part of that rewrite, we're asking our members and supporters to share your priorities for better walking and biking with us. 

Click here to take Local Motion's strategic plan survey right now!


As an incentive to take the survey, we're raffling off a $250 gift certificate to a local outdoor or bike shop.  Here's how it works:
  1. Everyone who completes Part One (which takes just two or three minutes) will get one entry in the raffle
  2. Everyone who goes on to complete Part Two (which takes about 10 to 15 minutes) gets three more entries in the raffle  
So if you do both parts of the survey, you get four chances to win $250 to spend at your favorite local outdoor or bike shop!  Click here to start the survey.
  When you complete Part One, you'll automatically be taken to Part Two.  Be sure to click "submit" at the end of each part to be entered in the raffle!

Thursday, September 8, 2016

GOAL: More Stripes on Streets in BTV

From Local Motion
"More Stripes on Streets" is Local Motion's all-out push to get real bike lanes in places where people actually bike.  North Avenue is awesome, but it's just the start.  We're ready for the City to deliver on its promise of a city-wide bike network!
MSOS_square_logo_thumb.jpgTHE OPPORTUNITY:  There are a number of streets in Burlington that can have bike lanes added to them at low cost, with little engineering or design, and with negligible impact on car traffic or on-street parking.  Those streets can and should be restriped to add bike lanes without delay.  
CURRENT STATUS:  Local Motion is working with Mayor Weinberger and Burlington DPW to identify and move rapidly on major improvements for biking on Burlington's streets. Here are a few of the more promising candidates!  Click the name of each proposed improvement to download a simple map that lays out each proposal in more detail.
The Downtown (Almost) Connector, which consists of:
  • Adding bike lanes in both directions on South Winooski between Maple and Main
  • Extending the southbound bike lane on North Winooski all the way to Pearl
  • Swapping the bike lane with the parking on Willard from North to Maple (such that the bike lane for this segment runs southbound)
The Southern Bike Connector, which consists of:
  • Adding bike lanes and super-sharrows to portions of Pine Street north of Kilburn
  • Upgrading to super-sharrows on Pine northbound between Locust and Kilburn
  • Adding bike lanes and upgrading to super-sharrows at intersections on Pine between Locust and Flynn
  • Adding bike lanes on Pine between Flynn and Home
  • Adding sharrows on Pine south of Home
In addition, Local Motion has proposed that Burlington DPW paint bike lanes solid green whenever they cross an intersection or a side street. This treatment greatly increases visibility for people biking, and was recently adopted by the Vermont Agency of Transportation as Highway Safety & Design Engineering Instruction 16-100.  
THE NEXT STEP:  Document citywide support for "More Stripes on Streets" as outlined above by clicking the red button.  In addition, supporters can write letters to the mayor, to the DPW Commission, and more.