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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Baton Rouge Cycling Death

It didn't have to happen

http://www.nbc33tv.com/news/local-news/cycling-advocates-speak-out

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used cars baton rouge said...: A real tragedy. More needs to be done in order to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclists on the road.; January 30, 2012 11:59 AM

Ideas & Projects

General Quality of Life Projects:

a dog park: increasingly it's an expected city amenity. At the least it's a fenced area where dogs can be off leash. Often it's a social gathering place--for the owners as much as the dogs--and can have water, benches, gazebos, etc.
a food coop: could be just a place to pickup orders with minimal necessary space. Jen Courtney runs one now out of her car.
an every day, year-round, farmer's market: Arden and Kevin Kennedy tell us Ruston has one that's every day; Lafayette has one that's year-round; could Shreveport?
a building materials reuse coop: a community run facility for recycling building materials and preserving historic structures in the city (such as furthered by the the Building Materials Reuse Association, and as exemplified by this one in Boston, or this one in D.C.) Dr. Steve Shelburne and USAF Ret. Major Dan Marcalus are enthusiastic proponents of this idea.
a bicycle coop: a community run facility for bike repair education and tool-sharing (such as these in Austin, New Orleans, Fayetteville, and D.C.)
h igh speed local rail--or normal passenger rail--through Shreveport to Dallas and Jackson; what is the status of this project?
improved bus service: think driving your car is so much more convenient and enjoyable than using public transit that it outweighs the environmental harm it does? Then you probably haven't lived in a city with a public transit system. And don't blame Sportran director Gene Eddy; he uses it himself and wishes it could be better, but his funding keeps getting cut.
the Coates Bluff Greenway: a multi-use path through the forest, including educational nature and history signage that could run from E. Washington and Youree to Stoner Ave. going behind Magnet High School; nature trailhead already establish at Savoir St.
a bicycle & pedestrian plan for the city; with one in place specific projects can be advanced more easily; support can be developed and funds acquired; projects such as:
painted bike lanes, "sharrows" and bike boulevards to increase driver awareness of cyclists, cyclist sense of security, cyclist knowledge of recommended bike routes, and--in the case of bike boulevards--cyclist priority and low speed limits.
www.bikeSB.org: a resource for those biking for transportation with maps, tips, and events
installing bike racks in the interests of bikers, property value, art, and the city's future; if a business has a bike rack, it show it wants to have a city where people can bicycle for transportation, and if has an artistic one, it could raise it's community profile and property value. Many an artist would accept a commissions to build a rack that would help advertise a business.

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