Community Bicycle Congress
Exploring transportation alternatives for Boise State University and beyond!
Statewide Conference on Active Transportation
Boise State University Student Union
Bishop Barnwell Room
April 23, 2009
Agenda
- 8:30 a.m., doors open
- 8:30 to 9:15 a.m., no-host social
- 9:15 a.m., Welcome address by Dr. John Gardner, Boise State University Vice President for Energy Research, Policy and Campus Sustainability
- 9:30 a.m., Program Element: Group Introductions
- This will be an opportunity to learn a little about the organizations who have assembled for the conference. Advocacy groups will speak first, followed by advisory boards, transportation authorities, metropolitan planning organizations and city governments.
- 10:30 a.m., break
- 10:40 a.m., Task Element: Declaration of Purpose
- Those attending the conference have already expressed interest in founding a statewide organization to advocate for human-powered transportation. During this segment of the agenda we will produce a declaration of intent, with an eye on the broad parameters of such an organization's mission.
- 12:00 p.m., lunch on your own
- 1:00 p.m., Program Element: Idaho Highway Safety Coalition
- Evelyn Blank of the Idaho Transporation Department will demonstrate web resources of the new coalition.
- 1:30 p.m., Task Element: Model the Organization and Seek Recognition by the Idaho Transporation Department
- Assuming an agreement to create a statewide advocacy organization, during this agenda segment we will consider successful models from other states. The group may elect to draft a letter to the Idaho Transporation Department, calling for it to recognize the new organization as a citizens' advisory board pursuant to the Idaho Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan of January, 1995.
- 2:30 p.m., break
- 2:40 p.m., Program Element: IMAP
- John Krause of the Idaho Transportation Department will explain how the IMAP plan changes funding application procedures.
- Mark McNeese of the Idaho Transportation Department will provide an update on bicycle and pedestrian components of the state mobility plan.
- 3:30 p.m., Task Element: Functioning in the Absence of Transportation Enhancement Funding
- The group may elect to draft a letter to Governor Otter, asking him to direct the Idaho Transporation Board to reinstate Transportation Enhancement funding.
- 4:00 p.m., Task Element: Communications Plan
- Assuming that the next few months will be needed for full development of a statewide advocacy organization, during this agenda segment we will formulate timelines and mechanisms suitable for finishing the job.
- 4:45 p.m., Adjourn
