American Bicyclist eNews: State and City Fact Sheet on Raleigh
From the League of American Bicyclists
State and City Fact Sheet on Raleigh
The League of American Bicyclists is a 501c(3) non profit organization bicyclists in the movement to create safer roads, stronger communities, and a Bicycle Friendly America. They recently developed State and City Fact sheets to provide quick and easy to understand data points on walking and biking in 76 cities across all 50 states. The reports aggregate data from the Census Bureau, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Highway Administration and others.
Raleigh was included in the study, which provides a snapshot of biking and walking for physical activity and strategies to make those safer. The report also captures how people are getting to and from work:
The report also includes some metrics on City policy and budgetary items that are making transportation safer, and what we can advocate for. We’ve come a long way with the adoption of the Complete Streets policy in 2015 and we can continue to encourage our state legislation to help us advance local policy. Oaks and Spokes helps the city submit materials for the League to consider our municipal ranking, and we’re excited to see how codified changes like text change TC-3-21, requiring above curb bikes lanes on specific cross sections and TC-11-21, modifying parking minimums, will impact our ratings in the future. Oaks and Spokes worked closely with staff and practitioners on both of these policies, and we should start to see positive changes in the built environment over the next few years that translate into safer streets and a more bike friendly city.
The City of Raleigh has some advocacy opportunities with our Vision Zero and speed limits on commuter roads. We do have a lot of support in these efforts in our Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocacy Committee (BPAC), which meets the third Monday of each month. All are welcome to attend these meetings (more information here). BPAC also has three additional committees that meet regularly; policy, community outreach and planning.
What would you like to see to help Raleigh realize a safer and more sustainable transportation system? Send us a note or join our next advocacy meeting to plug in!