Pedaling for Health A presentation for the Health Planning Council Monday June 12 2017
Bike Walk Tompkins advocates for safer and more convenient walking and biking as transportation for people of all ages and abilities in Ithaca and Tompkins County.
Health Benefits of Bicycling • Cardiovascular workout • Easy on joints • Can be done almost anywhere • Relatively low cost • Lifelong activity • Counter obesity and diabetes trends • Improves mental health and decreases anxiety • Bicycle Friendly Communities are more active in general
Recreation and Transportation
Women as Indicator Species • “If there aren’t at least as many women as men, then usually it’s because cycling is not safe enough. It’s an indicator that you do not have good enough cycling infrastructure .” Gil Penalosa
Today’s Topics & Speakers BARRIERS TO BICYCLING Karim Beers , Coordinator of Get Your Greenback Tompkins and founding member of Bike Walk Tompkins WOMEN’S RIDE Michelle Heck, Finger Lakes Cycling Club ride organizer and Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute MOVING TOWARD A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY Victoria Armstrong, Director of Bike Walk Tompkins
Teresa Bowick, Conkey Cruisers Rochester NY
Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Multi-Use Trails
Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Connected Network
Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Protected Bike Lanes
Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Protected Bike Lanes
Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Road Diets
Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Not This
Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Not This Either
Barrier: All Concerns Solution: Better Plans
Barrier: Access to Bikes Solution: Bike Share
What you can do • support the building of multi-use trails • support improved infrastructure for biking • support your employees coming to work by bike • create or sponsor skills training programs • sponsor bike share • participate in planning
Thank you! For further information contact director@bikewalktompkins.org
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