“Public Health Benefits of a Bicycle-Friendly Community”
“Health Benefits of a More Active Community”
Myra Marie Tetteh, MPP, Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, City of Detroit: “Detroit’s Obesity Crisis: Promoting Walking and Biking to Achieve Community Health Goals”
Rory Neuner, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Lansing: “The Return of Walking and Biking to School: Physical Fitness Goals of Safe Routes to School Programs”
Moderator: J. Kevin McCurren, MSPH, Chair, Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition
“Funding for Bicycle Facilities: Innovative Township, City, and State Approaches” (repeated at 11:00)
Jim Ferro, AICP, Ada Township: “Ada Township’s Bicycle Path Property Tax: The Citizen-Led Campaign and its Popular Results”
Eli Cooper, AICP, City of Ann Arbor: “Ann Arbor’s Progressive Funding Policy for Bicycle Infrastructure: Demand from Residents, Leadership from the City Council, Aggressive Implementation”
Josh DeBruyn, AICP, Michigan Department of Transportation: “Transportation Enhancement Competitive Grants: Funding Creative Bicycle Facility Projects in Michigan”
“Planning On-Street Bicycle Facilities: Downtown, City, and Regional Perspectives” (repeated at 11:00)
Downtown Development Authority, City of Grand Rapids: “Framing the Future DDA 2011 Plan: Planning and Implementing Downtown Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements”
City of Grand Rapids: “The City of Grand Rapids’ Nonmotorized Transportation Plan: Taking ‘Bicycle-Friendly’ to the Next Level”
Andrea Dewey, Grand Valley Metropolitan Council, Grand Rapids: “The Metropolitan Nonmotorized Transportation Plan: Promoting a Regional Bicycle Facility Network”
Moderator: Thomas Tilma, AICP, Interim Director, Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition
10:45 – 11:00 Break and Exhibits 11:00 – 12:00 Workshops
“How a Strong Bicycling Culture Promotes Economic Development”
“The Bicycling Boom: Economic Impacts of Bicycling, Bicycling Facilities, and Bicycling Events”
“Expanding Greater Grand Rapids’ Cycling Culture”
“Retaining and Attracting Students and Millennials: The Role of a Bicycle-Friendly Community”
Moderator: Josh Duggan, Secretary/Treasurer, Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition
“Funding for Bicycle Facilities: Innovative Township, City, and State Approaches” (repeated from 9:45)
Jim Ferro, AICP, Ada Township: “Ada Township’s Bicycle Path Property Tax: The Citizen-Led Campaign and its Popular Results”
Eli Cooper, AICP, City of Ann Arbor: “Ann Arbor’s Progressive Funding Policy for Bicycle Infrastructure: Demand from Residents, Leadership from the City Council, Aggressive Implementation”
Josh DeBruyn, AICP, Michigan Department of Transportation: “Transportation Enhancement Competitive Grants: Funding Creative Bicycle Facility Projects in Michigan”
Moderator: Thomas Tilma, AICP, Interim Director, GGRBC
“Planning On-Street Bicycle Facilities: Downtown, City, and Regional Perspectives” (repeated from 9:45)
Downtown Development Authority, City of Grand Rapids: “Framing the Future DDA 2011 Plan: Planning and Implementing Downtown Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements”
City of Grand Rapids: “The City of Grand Rapids’ Nonmotorized Transportation Plan: Taking ‘Bicycle-Friendly Community’ to the Next Level”
Andrea Dewey, Grand Valley Metropolitan Council, Grand Rapids: “The Metropolitan Nonmotorized Transportation Plan: Promoting a Regional Bicycle Facility Network”
Introduction and Moderator: Thomas Tilma, AICP, Interim Director, Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition
1:30 – 2:30 Workshops
“Complete Streets: The View from the State, a City, and a Wheelchair”
John Lindenmayer, League of Michigan Bicyclists, Lansing: “The View from the State: Michigan’s Complete Streets Legislation and the Nation’s Leading Statewide Complete Streets Movement”
City of Grand Rapids: “The View from a City: The City of Grand Rapids’ Commitment to Adopting a Complete Streets Resolution and a Complete Streets Ordinance”
Disability Advocates of Kent County, Grand Rapids: “The View from a Wheelchair: Advocating for the Accessibility and Pedestrian Components of Complete Streets”
Moderator: Barbara Schmid, MDOT Complete Streets Advisory Council & Vice Chair, Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition
“Building a Metro Mountain Biking Network: County, City, and User Roles”
Roger Sabine, Kent County Parks: “County Parks and Mountain Biking: The Luton Park Model for Single Track Design, Development, and Maintenance”
Jay Steffen, RLA, City of Grand Rapids Parks: “Urban Mountain Biking: Developing the Grand Rapids Bike Park and the Grand Loop”
Western Chapter, Michigan Mountain Biking Association: “Getting it Done: Building Trails and Promoting Our 50 in 5 Campaign”
Moderator: Steve Faber, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Grand Rapids
“Basics of Designing On-Street Bicycle Facilities”
Peter Lagerwey, Toole Design Group, Seattle
2:30 – 2:45 Break, Refreshments, and Exhibits
2:45 – 3:45 Workshops
“Bicycle Cooperatives: Involving the Community to Make Cycling More Accessible”
Tom Bulten, Boston Square Community Bikes, Grand Rapids: "Boston Square Community Bikes: Promoting Sustainable Transportation"
Thomas Fish, The Motion Initiative, Grand Rapids: "The Motion Initiative: An Urban Cooperative Youth Mountain Biking Ministry in the Black Hills Neighborhood"
The Hub of Detroit, Detroit: "The Hub of Detroit's Back Alley Bikes: Serving the Youth of Detroit’s Cass Corridor"
