Some friends of the cyclist that was killed last October and I want to have some Share the Road signs put up. Does anyone here have experience doing this?
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Some friends of the cyclist that was killed last October and I want to have some Share the Road signs put up. Does anyone here have experience doing this?
Does your bike club have an education advocate or VP of Advocacy? Might be worth contacting them. Just a thought and not sure what it is worth. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by makbike
So far the bike club doesn't seem very interested. I may be wrong but They seem to want to move on.
I doubt that you could post the signs without permission from the local transportation agency/authorities/whatever, with or without the bike club.
Right. I know that we need to go to the authorities. but I don't know details. I thought if I could find someone else who had done it, they could give me direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Silver....I am aiming to do the same here on Long Island, NY. I am thinking that going to the DOT. As a new board member of our bike club, I plan to ask them for suggestions and maybe some help as time goes by.
They actually never heard of the Ride of Silence until I brought it up, now I am the one putting it together. I figure, start with this and then I will bring up the Share the Road signs.
In the meantime let me know if you find out anything and I will do the same.
~ JoAnn
Oh, I definately will! No one here had heard of the Ride of Silence either. Another friend is going to organize that. Like I said our bike club doesn't seem interested in spearheading these things. And I could be completely wrong here. We plan to address them at their next meeting. But they seem to want to move on. The wreck happened on a club sponsored tour and although it was in no way their fault I think they don't want their event to be forever associated with the wreck. (I don't mean this in ANY way to be against the club I'm just trying to find some reasoning behind their actions)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jo-n-NY
I can only speak about our locality. The city of Milwaukee has a bike liason. Now, I don't live in the city or county of Milwaukee, but I discovered that the bike liason is a fantastic reference for information on the steps to enact change. Do you have an equivalent in your area?
In my case, I wanted to get a walk button installed on a stop light (yes, here it is legal to run a red light if it is controlled by a senser and you can't get it to flip, but the intersection is just dangerous--50mph with blind hills).
His suggestion was to first work through your elected officials because "they have a vested interested in keeping you happy and voting for them". If that fails, to contact the city or county engineering department that is responsible for the roadway.
Good luck!
Is there a city council? That's how you'd do it here. They meet monthly, with assorted committees meeting at other times.
Another thing an individual could do would be to put up a "ghost bike." http://www.bikechicago.info/ghostbikes/ (there's a guy in San Francisco who has ghostbikes.net but he paints abandoned frames and turns junk into art - a different concept).
My way of thinking, although I could be wrong (it wouldn't be the first time) is that if the club helps take action in making the roads safer for cyclists they will attract more members. There are a few clubs within a 20 mile radious here. If course I joined the one that is closest to me, but I would have a lot of respect for the club that promoted safety and awareness on the roads. That will be my argument anyway.
This year the board is made up of all fairly new people, including the President. He is the nicest guy and is really trying to promote and make the club one of the best around. Any ideas that I have mentioned they seemed to like so hopefully we can make this idea a reality. I will keep you posted. (needless to say).
~ JoAnn
I've seen the ghost bike site and it is really amazing.....haunting.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Geonz
It's not our intention to place a bike though. There has been a custom made wrought iron piece placed there that is somehow just perfect.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...g/100_0583.jpg
The Gages managed to get some new "share the road" signs for some key cycling cooridors here in Phoenix. I don't know how they did it, but they are cool! I hear they are 8 ft by 3 ft. They say share the road on one side with a bike next to a car and then it says "bikes get 3 feet" on the other side. I think you can see a mock up of the sign in one of these pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/6392760...7594473937070/
From the phoenix city website it looks like they got a city councilman on board to pass a resolution or some sort of thing. If you google "new share the road signs phoenix" you will get a link to the website announcing the unveiling. Very cool signs IMO.
Good luck!
Denise
Hi Silver, yes I've had experience doing this, having placed Share the Road signs in a number of communities in the Grand Rapids MI area, and specifically having a set placed on both sides of the road where an area cyclist was struck and killed in Walker MI, that were stenciled in her memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by silver
Contact me if you'd like more info.
And all, PLEASE ride in a Ride of Silence in your area, to honor those who can no longer ride with us, and let the public know to Share the Road with us. (as of today, in 197 locations, in 6 countries and growing daily)
Pict from the Grand Rapids MI Ride of Silence
http://www.geocities.com/markpedal.g...e_the_Road.jpg
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