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ENVISION ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS 

Today, the Alliance and many leaders from our member organizations are in NYC at the Vision Zero Symposium for Cities, hosted by Transportation Alternatives. The core idea behind Vision Zero is that no human being should be killed or seriously injured in traffic. After all, every traffic death and injury can be attributed to some factor that we have the power to change. Through changes to travel speeds along certain corridors, public street infrastructure and engineering, public education, and enforcement policy, we can make the right decisions to keep everybody safe on our public roads. 

This graphic explains why speed matters for keeping people safe: 

Image via @urbandata

Twitterers: follow the conversation today on Twitter at #VZCS14. Here's the full list of participants who are on Twitter. 

Vision Zero campaigns are popping up in various cities around North America. Just last week, San Francisco's Vision Zero Coalition gathered to mourn the loss of 28 victims of traffic violence so far in 2014. 

Non-Twitterers: keep an eye out for updates from Alliance members next week. 

Image from Luke Ohlson

ELECTION ESPLANADE

BikeTexas has endorsed candidates for the city's runoff city council vote. We can't link to them, but Google probably knows where they are. 

The California Bicycle Coalition has a nice summary of election results for biking and walking in the United States' most populous state. Of note: Dan Rivoire, executive director of the SLO County Bicycle Coalition, won a city council seat.  

INFRASTRUCTURE INLET

The Hawaii Bicycling League pushes for Complete Streets in Kalihi.

Calgary has released design concepts for the Centre City Cycle Track Network. 

Bay Area transportation planners are moving closer to a bike connection between Oakland and San Francisco. Advocates on both sides of the Bay are excited. 

Minneapolis advocates push for bike lanes along Penn Avenue North. 

Buffalo will alter a mile of the Robert Moses Parkway so that people can more easily enjoy the view of Niagara Falls State Park. 

Bike East Bay shares a neat time-lapse video of new buffered bike lanes in Oakland. 

Austin's City Council approved a brand new Bicycle Master Plan, paving the way for 247 new miles of bike lanes and trails.

Denver's City Council approved a neighborhood plan that will include new protected bike lanes. 

BIG PICTURE BOULEVARD

Wise words from all-star bike/ped advocate Randy Neufeld: use these 14 power moves to bring your advocacy to the next level. 

"How often, when you’re in a traffic interaction, do you put yourself in the other person’s shoes for a moment and cut him/her some slack?"  Ruminations from Barb at Washington Bikes. 

Advice from Chicago's Active Transportation Alliance: when you see an anti-bike rant in the op/ed pages, set the record straight. 

Stop building on-street bicycle infrastructure in favor of elevated bike highways throughout all of New York City? No thanks, says Transportation Alternatives. 

There are big opportunities for better bike tourism in Georgia. 

ADVOCACY AVENUE

Advocacy Advance has awarded three $10,000 "Big Idea" grants for innovative active transportation campaigns. Congratulations, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Oregon Walks and Bicycle Transportation Alliance, and Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition! 

REI has a lot of love for biking and walking advocacy. The company just awarded a grant to Advocacy Advance to support biking and walking funding campaigns, and they're also supporting the Washington Area Bicyclist Association's Future Trails Celebration this weekend. 

LEGISLATION LANE

The Washington, DC City Council postponed markup on a bill to hold vulnerable road users to a fairer negligence standard. 

The Pennsylvania DOT awarded federal transportation alternative program funds to 13 biking and walking projects.  

A new California law directs the Office of Planning & Research to eliminate automobile level of service as a measurement of a project's environmental impact, but some local agency leaders are pushing back. 

Calgary's Council approved a new Complete Streets Guide for the city, which includes endorsement for cycletracks. 

Ohio advocates push to reintroduce a 3-foot passing bill. 

It's illegal to ride a bike without a saddle in Oregon. Now we all know. 

PROGRAMMING PROMENADE

Bicycle Colorado offers advice for biking in these darker winter months.

Every now and then, we like to highlight advocacy organizations' profiles of businesses that go out of the way to be bike-friendly, whether through supporting advocacy or through helping employees and customers bike. Here's how Moda Health, an insurer in Oregon, kicked butt in the Bicycle Transportation Alliance's Bike Commute Challenge. 

Bike-friendly businesses in Newport, RI can sponsor a bike rack. 

Richmond celebrated Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, and it was adorable. 

The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition moves to expand their Safe Routes to Schools program. 

This week, PeopleForBikes kicked off a new ad campaign to showcase the idea that people on bikes are just people.

PeopleForBikes' ads are based on Bike Pittsburgh's Drive with Care ad campaign, which was just featured on Bicycling.com.  

GET A JOB

Cascade Bicycle Club in Seattle is hiring a Membership Manager.

Bike Maryland is hiring an Education Coordinator. 

The state and local biking and walking advocacy movement is growing. Check out the Alliance for Biking & Walking job board for listings all over North America.

TRAILER

Yes, a tall bike tandem does fit on Car2Go's new bike racks.

Image by Carl Larson, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, via Bike Portland