Mid-MEAC River Protection

Task Force Co-Chairs:
- Andy Kilpatrick, City of
Lansing Transportation
Office

- Jessica Yorko,
Mid-Michigan
Environmental Action
Council

Active Task Force Members:
- Alicia Armstrong,
Community Partners in
Health

- Lyndon Babcock,
Tri-County Complete Streets

- Josh DeBruyn, Michigan
Department of
Transportation

- Jane Dykema, City of
Lansing Public Service
Department

- Sgt. Dave Emmons,
Lansing Police Department

- Eric Glohr, Lansing
Community College

- Lina Goodwin, NorthWest
Initiative

- John Hodges, City of
Lansing Planning
Department

- Jen Hoffman, Allen
Neighborhood Center

- Josh Hovey, Mayor Virg
Bernero's Office

- John Lindenmayer,
League of Michigan
Bicyclists

- Murdoch Jemerson, City of
Lansing Parks Director

- Sarah Panken, Governor's
Council on Physical Fitness

- Karen Patterson, Michigan
Department of Community
Health, Obesity Prevention

- Tim Potter, MSU Bikes

- Bill Savage, Tri-County
Bicycle Association

- Janine Sinno, Ingham
County Health Department

- Chris Thelen, Consumers
Energy

Additional stakeholders
from Task Force planning
sessions:
- Tom Carmoney, NorthWest
Initiative
- Todd Kauffman, MDOT
- Helen & Dave Keeney,
seniors
- Katherine Knoll. American
Heart Association
- Mickie Kreft, Sparrow
Hospital, Children's Safety
- Joel Maatman, Lansing
School District
- Bill Rieske, City of Lansing
Planning Department
- Nate Rowen, Lansing
School District
- Steve Shaughnessy, MDOT

- Karen Smith, Ingham
Regional Medical Center
- Jamie Schriner-Hooper,
Old Town Main Street
- Deirdre Thompson, MDOT

Bicycle friendly communities provide
safe accommodation for cycling, and
encourage residents to bike for
transportation and recreation.

In a bicycle friendly community you
will find...

- Government ordinances and
regulations that require integrating
walk-ability and bike-ability when
roads and bridges are repaired and
newly constructed.

- Bicycling "facilities": a high
percentage of arterial streets with
striped and signed bike lanes, Signed
bike routes. Abundant bike parking.
Bike racks on buses. Regular
maintenance of bike lanes, routes,
trails, racks, and other facilities.

- Training programs to help
engineers, public officials, and
residents understand bicycle safety
needs and best practices. Commuter
programs that encourage people to
bicycle to work. "Share the Road"
signage and campaigns.

From
www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org:

"Communities that are
bicycle-friendly are seen as places
with a high quality of life. This often
translates into increased property
values, business growth, and
increased tourism. Bicycle-friendly
communities are places where
people feel safe and comfortable
riding their bikes for fun, fitness,
and transportation. With more
people bicycling, communities
experiences reduced traffic
demands, improved air quality, and
greater physical fitness."

In a walkable community you will
find:

- Destinations - like housing, offices,
retail, schools, parks - situated within
a safe, comfortable walking distance
of one another

- Mixed land uses, compact
building/dense development, inviting
pedestrian corridors, and "complete
streets" that serve a full ranges of
users - pedestrians, bicyclists, transit
riders, and automobiles.

- People substituting driving with
walking, bicycling, and other
non-auto modes, contributing to
reduced congestions and better air
quality.

From www.walkablecommunities.org:

"Walkable communities put urban
environments back on a scale for
sustainability of resources (both
natural and economic), and lead to
more social interactions, physical
fitness, and diminished crime and
other social problems. Walkable
communities are more live-able
communities, and lead to whole,
happy, healthy lives for the people
who live in them."

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