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CABA TO SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL

May 13, 2011

Tonight ! – Monday June 13

Bring your helmet

City council is about to vote on the 5-year Transportation Action Plan Update, which of course includes a bicycle component. It’s a combination of budget, projects and policies. Rumor has it that our developer friends at REBIC (Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition) don’t like it much. We do. They’re paid lobbyists. We’re volunteers. But we can make a difference. We’ve stopped REBIC before, and we can do it again.

Bring your helmet and show up at 7 pm. (Warm bodies count at City Council meetings!) If you wish to speak, contact the City Clerk: 336.2248 before 5 pm today.

To read the draft document and all of REBIC’s past comments CLICK: TAP.

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NEWS FLASH ! – NE LYNX LIGHT RAIL

April 12, 2011

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Do you live in NE Charlotte ? – Next public forum

Bikeway planning for NE LYNX light rail Uptown to UNCC – A special CABA Caucus Group, chaired by Andrew Street, tells us to get the word out. Tell the planners what you think.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 27^th

WHERE: Charlotte Mecklenburg Gov. Center, 600 East 4^th Street, 8th floor

4-5:30pm: Stakeholders group only – Open discussion of results of last workshop, project alternatives and priorities.

6pm: Meeting open to public

6:15pm: Presentation for public

6:30-7:15pm: Q/A + Further discussion of alternatives and priorities

7:15-7:30pm: Wrap-up

Here is the web page link to all maps and other docs – CLICK: LYNX bike route.

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2011 NCDOT SAFETY SUMMIT

March 13, 2011

First time in a decade

Martin Zimmerman, Exec. Director of CABA joined Dick Winters, Dennis Rash (former member of Advisory Board to the NC Dept. of Transportation and Exec. in Residence at UNCC) , Ken Tippette and other local and state advocates and agency reps. met at the Government Center this month to discuss and rank issues such as: lack of funding, facilities and enforcement, culture clash between motorists and non-motorists, poor land planning and sprawl, etc. to reach some sort of consensus on the challenges ahead. More info coming later. Contact CABA to read the Summit outcomes.

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ANNUAL MEETING PHOTOS

March 6, 2011

Were you there ?

Another year ahead. Mayor Anthony Foxx fielded audience questions and caucus groups tended to the hard work of planning the year ahead. NOTE: Brand new CABA banner unveiled for first time. Thanks graphic designer Peter Kay for your hard work designing the banner.

For photos by CABA Board Member Weldon Weaver, CLICK: WWFlick. For John Autry‘s CLICK: J A Flic k Thanks guys !

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NEWS FLASH! Public Workshops

February 8, 2011

Wednesday and Thurs. this week

The city’s Transportation Action Plan TAP (taking the long-range view to 2030) is undergoing its 5-year update. This may seem like boring pie-in -the-sky stuff, but you would be surprised how relevant it the current cycling environment. We’ve seen a (very) preliminary draft. Dan Gallagher, CDOT staff planner (who works closely with Ken Tippette, bicycle program manager) will be leading these meetings.

CABA will be there, but we need support from you. Come and speak your mind !

If you cannot attend, try this survey instead.

Public Workshop 1: February 9, 2011
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Oasis Shrine Headquarters
604 Doug Mayes Place
Charlotte, NC 28262

Public Workshop 2: February 10, 2011
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Tyvola Senior Center (next to the Marion Diehl Recreation Center)
2225 Tyvola Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28210

CLICK: TAP dance for details

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WE DID IT – BEETHOVEN BIRTHDAY BLAST !

December 17, 2010

Great celebration last Thursday

Here’s a photo…..more coming later….stay tuned….special thanks to Chuck Barger, Rob, Carley (yum,yum delectable cookies !) and the rest of the Common Market, South End crew who made it all happen > > >

Keith Sorensen looking leftward. Chris Gladora in background,Bill Fehr w/helmet ......

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2020 CENTER CITY PLAN update

November 28, 2010

Making our goal come true >

Bike sharing: it's hot ! Click on image for blowup.

The CABA goal is to make sure a strong bicycle component is included in Uptown and the adjoining 16 neighborhoods. We want workplace showers, strategically placed bike parking, bike sharing, bike lanes, bike boxes, a full service bike station, destination signage, etc. These components are consistent with the 2008 Bike Plan. They are necessary ingredients if Charlotte is to compete with other cities.

But questions remain: Is the 2020 plan going to identify what the bike “modal share” should be in Center City ? Will it be 2000 trips per day ? 5000 trips ? 20,000 trips ? An environmentally sustainable life style means increasing the % of folks biking and walking and decreasing the % driving single occupancy vehicles. A plan without the numbers to back up its vision is just “hope” and not a plan. Especially in recessionary times.

Stay tuned. The final plan in hardcopy form is still a work in progress; CABA was informed today that a draft will be posted for public review “in a few months”. We will report to you at that time.

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CABA IN ASHEVILLE

November 7, 2010

Joins affiliate groups in NC and SC

CABA Board Chair Dan Faris and Exec. Director Martin Zimmerman recently returned from a national “campaign” training session hosted by the Asheville Bicycle Coalition, and facilitated by Ron Milan, founder of our sister group in Los Angeles and Jeff Miller, CEO of the Alliance for Bicycling and Walking (ABW), which is CABA’s parent organization in Washington D.C. We learned tons of stuff on campaign goals, tactics and fundraising that have direct application to the Charlotte scene. Thanks to Spencer Lueders, Pamela Murray, Dick Winters and other CABA members who submitted 14 campaign proposals to take to Asheville.