I don't really have anything to add experience wise to this conversation, but this is a topic I'm very interested in (as a future planner/current community bike shop staff member). I'd love to learn more about what's going on in Columbus along these lines!
Co-ops seem like the perfect place to get constructive feedback about best bike routes, since most people using our shop (that aren't kids) are getting bikes for transportation. I hung an empty street map I made at a community bike event we had at the shop, but got minimal feedback. Our current planners are always asking for advice about where we ride (although when I tell them, it's never really acted on, but that's another rant for another day). I'd be interested to learn about other more successful public input from co-ops to bike plans!
Anne Welch Spokes Jxn, MS
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Adonia Lugo adonia.lugo@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all, 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'm wondering what role collectives organizers/volunteers can play or have played as connectors, getting community voices heard that wouldn't otherwise make it to the city level. Or do bike plans seem totally disconnected from co-op concerns? If there'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'll put you in touch with the Alta folks. They're also reaching out directly to Third Hand in Columbus. Thanks! Adonia -- Adonia E. Lugo, Ph.D. Bicycle Anthropologist www.urbanadonia.com
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