Andrew,

There are a few out there. The holy grail being Davis (pop. 66k). Davis started as a college town on the medium income scale when it stated it's revolution. Redlands,CA (pop. 72k) is an up and coming city. I can help you with what is happening there since I live there and we also have a small co op. We do have a college and a large employer, Esri. We also have a significant low income (the North Side). We do have a great number of cyclists but until recently never embraced "bike culture", more of a lycra crowd.

Anyway we can talk further, have to run some errands.

Peace

Mark Friis

Executive Director, Inland Empire Biking Alliance

PO Box 9266

Redlands, CA 92375

909-800-4322

mfriis@iebikingalliance.org

WWW.IEBIKE.ORG

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Andrew L <breathingplanet@gmail.com> wrote:

hey ThinkTank,

somewhat separate from my work at Troy Bike Rescue, I am part of an appointed citizens committee on alternative transportation (an idea our city is just sort of coming around to). we have 0 bike lanes, few bike racks, and about 11 sharrows (under a year old).

our task is primarily research-oriented, and I am searching for comparable cities and hoping the ThinkTank might help me. Do any of you have suggestions of cities with the following characteristics:

-population: 50 - 100,000
-small "bike culture" community
-sizeable low-income population
-investing time/money/energy into bicycles as a way of turning the city around.

-demonstrable progress on that front

i know they are out there, but most examples are of much bigger cities.

I appreciate any suggestions!
Thanks!!
Andrew

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