BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA - League of American Bicyclists

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
Since: 2006 Popula�on: 57,391 Square Miles: 63.6
Contact Informa�on: Mar�n Ince 928.226.4850
mince@ci.flagstaff.az.us
GILBERT, ARIZONA
Since: 2003 Popula�on: 196,000 Square Miles: 76
Contact Informa�on: Kurt Sharp 480.503.6771
kurts@ci.gilbert.az.us
Community Highlights: Gilbert implemented a bicycle plan into all
of its design standards. Currently it has facili�es on 100 percent of
its arterial streets. The town partnered with a local Ben & Jerry’s
store to offer cer�ficates for free ice cream to kids who wear helmets
while bicycling.
Most Significant Recent Accomplishment: Gilbert a�ained federal
grants to fund several signalized crossing improvements and canal
bridges. The town partnered with 15 local schools to par�cipate in
the Safe Routes to School program. Gilbert also held a successful
community bike ride and Bike to Work Day.
Most Compelling Community Sta�s�c: The town handed out over
500 safety blinkers and steel cable bike locks to local school children
who par�cipated in Bike to School week and the Bike Rodeo.
For more info: www.bikeleague.org
BFC
BRONZE
“The BFC Designation means so much more than just
accommodating bicycles; when we work to make things
better for bicyclists, we help make Flagstaff more sustainable
and livable, we promote healthy lifestyles, we protect
Flagstaff’s character, and we enhance our quality of life.”
- Mayor Sara Presler
Community Highlights: The Flagstaff Urban Trails System (FUTS)
is a comprehensive network of trails that provides transporta�on
and recrea�onal opportuni�es throughout the city. There are more
than 40 miles of FUTS trails in existence, and long-range plans
depict a system that will eventually include more than 100 miles
of trail. Flagstaff voters recently approved a sales tax that provides
$800,000 per year for 20 years for bicycle, pedestrian and Safe
Routes to School improvements.
BFC
BRONZE
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Since: 2009 Popula�on: 688,937 Square Miles: 1,010.58
Contact Informa�on: Kevin McCurren 616.776.7601
jkmccurren@gmail.com
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Since: 2009 Popula�on: 258,671 Square Miles: 131.1
Contact Informa�on: Peggy Holland
peggy.holland@greensboro.nc.gov
BFC
BRONZE
NEW Community Highlights: Grand Rapids’ bicycling culture has
been developing rapidly. The community has a government and
a city staff that ac�vely promote bicycling in the city. The network of
mul�use trails and on on-street facili�es con�nues to grow.
Most Significant Recent Accomplishment: In 2008 Grand Rapids
completed Phase Two of the M-6 Trail, a 9.7 mile mul�-use trail that
connects the community to a highly-developed bike trail network.
In April 2009, more than 200 people par�cipated in the first ever Bicycle
Summit which was held in conjunc�on with the development of
the Grand Rapids master plan, Green Grand Rapids. In 2009 the city
approved development of the first in-city mountain bike park.
Most Compelling Community Sta�s�c: There are more than 255
miles of shared-use path or bike path in the Greater Grand Rapids
area, and 14 percent of area roadways have signed bicycle routes
or shoulders wide enough to accommodate bicyclists.
BFC
BRONZE
NEW Community Highlights: Educa�on and encouragement of
bicycling have been at the center of Greensboro’s bicycle-friendly
efforts. The city hosts a Web site on sharing the road with a specific
sec�on dedicated to sharing the road. The Share the Road billboard
has been con�nuously installed on the sides of at least 10 GTA
buses since October 2007, and 8 GTA buses are carrying the Coexist
banner. A bicycle educa�onal program is taught in the 4th grade.
First grade students are given the opportunity to a�end Safety Town,
offered through Greensboro Police Department during the summer.
Most Significant Recent Accomplishment: On one of the primary
routes leading into downtown, a four-lane sec�on of road was converted
a�er resurfacing into a three-lane sec�on with bike lanes. It
now flows into a sec�on that has been traffic calmed.
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