La county bike coalition invites to co ops for city hearings on the bike plan here have been successful. Some mechanics, some community members have come out to comment/came out to comment at the most recent round of bike plan implementation hearings. Sending out the proposals to co ops is helpful too-- so they can speak for where they ride.<div>
Ariel</div><div>-Bici libre<span></span><br><br>On Friday, April 11, 2014, Adonia Lugo &lt;<a href="mailto:adonia.lugo@gmail.com">adonia.lugo@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear all,<br>Some Alta Planning + Design consultants who are assisting the City of Columbus, OH on their bike plan update asked me for advice about their communication campaign, such as best practices for outreach. I brought up bike co-ops and told them about Bike! Bike! being held in Columbus this year. I&#39;m wondering what role collectives organizers/volunteers can play or have played as connectors, getting community voices heard that wouldn&#39;t otherwise make it to the city level. Or do bike plans seem totally disconnected from co-op concerns?<br>

</div>If there&#39;s interest in having some kind of community conversation about what role co-ops can play in connecting more people to bike planning, let me know and I&#39;ll put you in touch with the Alta folks. They&#39;re also reaching out directly to Third Hand in Columbus.<br>

Thanks!<br></div>Adonia<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr">--<br>Adonia E. Lugo, Ph.D.<br>Bicycle Anthropologist<br><a href="http://www.urbanadonia.com" target="_blank">www.urbanadonia.com</a><br></div>

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