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Urban Cycling:Community
Support, EconomicDevelopment, andHealthy Outcomes
2011 Michigan Bike Summit
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City of Detroit
³A city built for the automobile thatfinally grew to embrace bicycles,
greenways and better public transit.´Mayor Dave Bing, 2011 State of the City address
³If I hear another person tell me that bike
lanes are going to save this city, I¶mgoing to strangle them.´
Anonymous city official, 2011
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Detroit Food & Fitness Collaborative
Funded by Kellogg Foundation
Focus on Food, Schools, andBuilt Environment
Goals include buildinggreenways and havingComplete Street policies
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Detroit Greenways Coalition
�Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance (including staff position)
�Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan�Community development corporations
�City of Detroit staff
�Traffic Engineering
�City Planning Commission
�Planning Department
�Health and Wellness Promotion
�Councilman Ken Cockrel Jr.
�MDOT
�SEMCOG
�Wayne State and others
�Other Non-profits
�Greening of Detroit
�City Year
�Gleaners Food Bank
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Detroit Greenways Coalition Accomplishments
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Number of Greenways in Detroit
0 5 10 15
uture
2010
2005
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Miles of Bike Lanes in Detroit
4 6
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Why this is so important
Low cost mobilityEnvironmental justice
Health
Public safetySafe Routes to School
Enhance transit
Green jobsEconomic development
Quality of Life
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Plan for Gen Y, Boomers, and $ /gallon gas
³The suburbs have lost their sheen: Both young workersand retiring Boomers areactively seeking to live in
densely packed, mixed-usecommunities that don¶trequire cars²that is, cities or revitalized outskirts in whichresidences, shops, schools,
parks, and other amenitiesexist close together.´
Harvard Business Review
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Whites Stripes of Gentrification
W
ho are webuilding this for?
The existingcommunity?
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Perceptions of Bicycling in the Motor City
Bicycling last choice mode
of transportationNew perception: Healthy,green, money saver, fun
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Detroit Works Project
Benefits today¶scommunities andtomorrow¶s
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Other Steps to Build Diversity
Bicycling in Detroit brochure�Black, Hispanic, Arab-American, andimmigrant populations
Underground Railroad BicycleRoutes & brochure
Improve bike access andrepair in the community
How to better diversifyDetroit Greenways
Coalition?
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The multi-million dollar challenge«
SUSTAINABLE?
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Detroit Greenways CoalitionDetroit Parks Coalition
Complete StreetsWorkgroupLand Conservancy
Greening of Detroit
A New Model?
Detroit
HamtramckHighland ParkWayne County
State of MichiganFederal government
Private FoundationsMembershipDonations
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We Hope For Better Things;
It Shall Rise From the Ashes