westchester biking and walking alliance naming, id and mission explorations june 10, 2009
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Westchester Biking and Walking Alliance
Naming, ID and Mission explorations
June 10, 2009
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Naming explorations
• Westchester Alliance for Active Transportation (“WAAT”)
• Westchester Active Transportation Coalition (“WATCO”)
• Westchester Active Transportation Team (“WATT”)
• Westchester Alliance for Intelligent Transportation (“WAIT”)
• Westchester Transportation for Everybody (“Westchester TFE”)
• Westchester Alliance for Complete Streets (“WACS”)
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Other “WA” (“Westchester Alliance…”) words for acronyms
• WACK / WACKY• WADDLE• WADE / WADER• WAFER• WAFT• WAG• WAGE / WAGER• WAGON• WAIF• WAIST• WAIVE• WAKE / WAKEN / WAKEFUL• WALDEN• WALDO
• WALK• WALL• WALLOP• WALTZ• WAND• WANDER• WANE• WANT• WARD• WARDEN• WARE• WARM / WARMTH• WARN• WARP
• WARRANT• WASH• WASTE• WATCH• WATER• WATT• WAVE• WAY / WAYS
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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ID/Logo – initial explorations
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Tagline explorations
• “It’s for everybody
• “Intelligent Transportation for everybody”
• Different / Other?
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Mission explorations
• Promote cycling and walking among county residents
• Consult with and lobby government and semi-government agencies
• Create public support for cycling- and walking-friendly infrastructure projects and improvements
• Improve cycling and walking safety through both individual education and continuing infrastructure improvements
• Ally and share expertise with other national, regional and local cycling and pedestrian advocacy groups
• Develop feasible and sustainable models for cycling- and walking-friendly development and redevelopment in existing and new suburbs
• Promote cycling and hiking tourism in county
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Mission explorations
• Promote cycling and walking among county residents
– improves health
– increases personal independence
– decreases energy use and carbon emissions
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Mission explorations
• Consult with and lobby government and semi-government agencies
– cyclist and pedestrian usage must be taken into account in planning all future transportation infrastructure, and new development generally
– Long-term county planning must include major east-west and north-south cycle- and pedestrian- friendly corridors
– Pressure government and semi-government agencies to implement plans for cycling- and walking-friendly infrastructure in a timely manner
– Help to coordinate the many different municipal governments and other interested parties and agencies in the county to facilitate completion of cycling- and walking-friendly projects that involve multiple jurisdictions
• NYS DOT
• MTA
• Bee-Line Bus Company
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Mission explorations
• Create public support for cycling- and walking-friendly infrastructure projects and improvements
– Community organization outreach• Homeowners’ and business improvement organizations
– Presence at and sponsor events
– PR outreach to media, bloggers, potential activists
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Mission explorations
• Improve cycling and walking safety through both individual education and continuing infrastructure improvements
– Bike safety workshops
– Active promotion of off-street bike routes for children’s recreation
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Mission explorations
• Ally and share expertise with other national, regional and local cycling and pedestrian advocacy groups
– East Coast Greenway
– Transportation Alternatives
– Streetsblog
– Westchester Cycle Club
– Others
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Mission explorations
• Develop feasible and sustainable models for cycling- and walking-friendly development and redevelopment in existing and new suburbs
– Become a national resource for suburban development and re-development planning
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Mission explorations
• Promote cycling and hiking tourism in county
– Work with state, county, and municipal governments, agencies, and other potentially interested organizations