Walking and Biking Through Minnesota Winters
On December 4, 2009, Transit for Livable Communities and Bike Walk Twin Cities hosted a course to highlight and explore best local, national and international practices for encouraging year-round non-motorized (walking and cycling) transportation. The course included specific exploration of design, maintenance, and operations practices in similar winter climates, and was convened as a starting point for upcoming conversations exploring improvements to our year-round walking and cycling infrastructure and maintenance practices.
Our next event will be a breakfast "panel of experts" discussion featuring the three supervisors responsible for the case studies of Module 3: Doug Lauer (University of Minnesota), Paul Saint Martin (Saint Paul Public Works), and Mike Schmidt (Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board). Time and place are not finalized yet, but watch for an announcement soon ...
On this page you can find, for download and viewing, copies of all presentations, references, and related materials.
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Background and introduction
- Workshop annoucement
- List of participants' names and organizations
- Responses to initial questions (winter activities, barriers and solutions)
Presentation modules
Three presentation modules were included in the workshop. You can view each of the presentations here (click on the slide shown to move to the next one), and/or download a PDF of each. References are provided in the "additional resources" section.
Module 1: Approach
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- View the presentation (click on the image to move through slides)
Module 2: Sample best practices
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Module 3: Case studies
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Additional resources
Here you can find links to documents and other resources mentioned during the presentation:
- The Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI) at Portland State University
- The IBPI Bicycle Boulevard Planning and Design Guidebook
- The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
- The Dutch Design Manual for Bicycle Traffic, published by CROW, the Netherlands' National Information and Technology Platform for Instrastructure, Traffic, Transport and Public Space. Can be purchased from the link provided.
- The City of Copenhagen 2006 Bicycle Account
- City of Copenhagen's official "City of Cyclists" resources (in English)
- National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Cities for Cycling initiative
- Video: Cycletrack rush hour in snow conditions in Utrecht, Netherlands
