* Invitation only: If you are interested in attending any of these programs, please email Nicole Freedman (see contact info to the right) with your name and affiliation. You will be notified if space is available.
Sunday, October 21
5.30 - 7.00 pm Bike Advocate Stakeholder Meeting
Invitation Only *
- Members of the Bikes Summit team will meet with long-time and current bicyle advocates.
Monday, October 22
2.30 - 3.00 pm Mayor kick-off of Boston Bikes Summit
Invitation Only *
- Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
- Nicole Freedman, Director Boston Bikes program
- Steve Madden, Editor of Bicycling magazine
- Andy Clarke, League of American Bicyclists
- David Watson, Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike)
5.30 - 6.30 pm Recreational Bicycling Stakeholder Meeting
Invitation Only *
- Members of the Bikes Summit team will meet with recreational bicycle organizations
Tuesday, October 23
8.30 - 11.00 am Engineering Facilities Design Workshop
Invitation Only *
- Nick Jackson (Chicago Bicycleland Federation)
- Jennifer Toole (Toole Design Group)
Attending will be representatives from Boston Transportation Department, Boston Public Works Department, BRA Cross Roads Initiative, MassHighway, Consultants to the City of Boston, MBTA, and advocacy groups such as MassBike, LivableStreets Alliance, Adaptive Environments, and WalkBoston.
2.00 - 5.00 pm Study Tour: City of Cambridge, Department of Conservation & Recreation facilities
Invitation Only *
The purpose of the Study Tour is to see (and experience) first hand issues involving improved accommodation of cyclists in street design. It will include: bicycle lanes, tight cross sections, special turning issues, “bike boxes”, traffic calming, road diets, contra-flow lanes, blue pavement markings, European-style “cycle tracks”, connectivity issues to DCR facilities.
- Organized and facilitated by Jeff Rosenblum (LivableStreets Alliance)
- Dan Driscoll (Department of Conservation and Recreation)
- Sue Clippinger, Jeff Parenti, Cara Seiderman (City of Cambridge)
3.30 - 5.00 pm Roundtable 1: Enforcement and Bicycling
Invitation Only *
- Facilitated by David Watson (MassBike)
- Paul Schimek (MassBike)
- Sargent Kathleen Murphy (Cambridge Police Department)
- Neil Blackington (Boston EMS, IPMBA)
Wednesday, October 24
8.30 - 10.00 am Roundtable 2: Bicycling and Education
Invitation Only *
- Led by John Ciccarelli (Bicycle Solutions)
- Kim Foltz, Elijah Evans (BikesNotBombs Youth Programs: Earn-a-bike, Girls in Action)
- Andrew Prescott (Urban AdvenTours, “City Bike Trips for Boston Youth”, Citizen School “Bike and Body Maintenance” class)
- David Watson (MassBike, Safe Routes to School)
10.30 am - noon Bicycling 101 / Street Skills Class
Postponed…
2.00 - 3.30 pm Roundtable 3: Bicycling Encouragement
Invitation Only *
- Led by Nicole Freedman (City of Boston)
5.30 - 6.30 pm Bike Shops / Businesses Stakeholder Meeting
Invitation Only *
- Members of the Bikes Summit team will meet with bicycle shops and bicycle businesses
* Invitation only: If you are interested in attending any of these programs, please email Nicole Freedman (see contact info to the right) with your name and affiliation. You will be notified if space is available.
