[Durham INC] Residents Invited to Learn About Improving Durham's Bicycle Friendliness

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CITY OF DURHAM
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For Immediate Release: October 16, 2014



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Residents Invited to Learn About Improving Durham's Bicycle Friendliness

What:              Bicycle Friendly Community Program Presentation

Who:               League of American Bicyclists and City of Durham Transportation Department

When:             Monday, October 20, 2014 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Where:            City Hall Council Chambers
                        101 City Hall Plaza, First Floor
                        Durham, N.C. 27701

Fast Facts:

*         Bicycle Friendly Community Specialist Steve Clark with the League of American Bicyclists is traveling around the country to help communities become more bicycle friendly, and Durham is on his organization's priority list to visit in 2014.



*         Clark's presentation will discuss best practices from around the nation and provide feedback on how Durham can improve upon its Bicycle Friendly Community designation, which is currently at the Bronze level.



*         The presentation is free and open to the public. It will also be televised live on Durham Television Network (Time Warner Cable channel 8, 97-5 and AT&T U-verse channel 99).


*         In addition to his community presentation, Clark's visit will include a hands-on technical assessment of the city's bicycling infrastructure through a group bicycle ride/audit and review of efforts to encourage cycling as well as a post-visit Bicycle Friendly Community ScoreCard that will provide a quick action plan and his organization's initial assessment, focusing on priority actions that will have the greatest impact.



*         For more information about the League of American Bicyclists, visit http://www.BikeLeague.org. For more information on Durham's bicycle and pedestrian plans and activities, visit http://durhamnc.gov/ich/op/dot/Pages/Bike-Ped-Info.aspx or contact Dale McKeel with the City's Transportation Department at (919) 560-4366, ext. 36421 or by email at Dale.McKeel at DurhamNC.gov<mailto:Dale.McKeel at DurhamNC.gov>.

About the City's Transportation Department
The Transportation Department is responsible for a broad range of transportation services, which include traffic signs and signals, transportation planning, parking operations, street lighting, the taxicab administration and bicycle and pedestrian planning. The City's Transportation Department also oversees the Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA) public transportation system as well as the DATA ACCESS service for persons with disabilities. The City of Durham leads planning functions for the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). The City's Transportation Department helps to strengthen the foundation, enhance the value, and improve the quality and sustainability of neighborhoods that are necessary for a strong and diverse community. For more information, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/op/dot.

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