Summit Program (tentative) 8: 00 – 8: 45 Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibits



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2011 Grand Rapids Bicycle Summit: Inspiration to Action
Friday, May 6, 2011

Eberhard Center - 2nd Floor

Grand Valley State University

301 W. Fulton St. Grand Rapids




Summit Program (tentative)
8:00 – 8:45 Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibits
8:45 – 9:45 Welcome and Keynote Address

  • “Why We Need Bicycle-Friendly Communities: How Columbia, Missouri is Making it Happen


9:45 – 10:45 Workshops

  • “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


12:00 – 12:30 Lunch and Announcements
12:30 – 1:30 Keynote Address

    • 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"

    • Moderator:  Josh McBryde, Bikestock and Wednesday Evening Ride, Grand Rapids




  • “Bicycle Commuting: How Experience, Employers, and Transit Can Help

    • “Tales of a Grand Rapids Area Bicycle Commuter: Lessons Learned for Commuters and Local Government

    • Mary O’Neill, Atomic Object, Grand Rapids: “A Bicycle-Friendly Employer: Atomic Object’s Commitment to Creating a Bicycle-Friendly Workplace

    • Kevin Wisselink, The Rapid, Grand Rapids: “Bicycle-Friendly Transit Authorities: Implementing The Rapid’s Bicycle Commuting Initiatives”




  • “Beyond Bike Lanes: New Kinds of Facilities for On-Street Bicycling

    • Peter Lagerwey, Toole Design Group, Seattle

3:45 – 4:30 Summit Reflections: “Next Steps for a Bicycle-Friendly Greater Grand Rapids”



  • Hon. Darwin Hindman, Former Mayor, Columbia, Mo.

  • Peter Lagerwey, Toole Design Group, Seattle

4:30 – Door Prizes


4:30 – 5:00 Exhibits

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