The January ride
schedule
is posted and available at
http://surf-ici.com/chaingang/Schedule/RideSchedule.htm
I want to welcome all of the new Chain Mail subscribers. This list continues to
grow. I look forward to meeting some of you in the near future on a ride.
The holidays are always a hard time to get out and ride so the ride schedule has a few
less rides. I have heard that the New Years Day ride in the Verde Valley is a blast.
I encourage everyone to check it out.
In addition to what is on the posted ride schedule there will be an every Sun. morning
road training ride. Stay tuned for detail! The long ride leaves from the
Prescott Country Club and does roughly a 70 mile loop using interstate 17. The pace
will be brisk and conducive to a pace line. The Shorter ride starts at the same
place and time but goes to Cordes Junction or Mayor and back and is conversational pace.
I have done the long ride several time and it is extremely fun.
This ride will begin sometime after the new year and as plans are finalized I will let you
know.
I am sorry the this edition of the Chain Mail is so short. I just ran out of
time. I hope that everyone has a great holiday.
Tim Travis
Finally! They're Ripe to Stripe!
Great news! New members of the Prescott Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) (created a
few years ago to advise the city council) spoke to newly elected Mayor Sam Steiger, and
Prescott's new city council members at the December 7th city council meeting. The
mayor's response was unexpected and monumental. Mayor Steiger addressed, head-on, the
crippling liability myth that City Attorney John Moffitt has been hurling in the path of
bike facility progress for over nine years, and said, "...I don't
agree...." He said that he was aware of this attitude
"afflicted on us by our incumbent city attorney" for years...that bike
lanes would be a liability. He continued that he, personally, believed that bicycle
lanes REDUCE liability (Yes, mayor -- you and a hundred other forward-thinking communities
throughout the United States that are proving just that!) "Tell your group that
I SUPPORT having bike lanes in Prescott!" he concluded, to which the
standing-room-only audience (only two were known cyclists) broke out into applause.
In January, our newly organized PBAC (or "P-back") will be formally
presenting to the city council a request for bike facilities throughout Prescott and will
specifically address the planned Watson Woods Bridge connecting Highways 69 and 89.
The potential bicycle roadway connectivity from this bridge is incredible with: the
800-home Prescott Lakes development right across the road and their bike routes already in
place; the multi-use Peavine Trail; Watson and Willow Lakes; Yavapai
College nearby; Frontier Village and the proposed mall; Pioneer Parkway; and
onto Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
If you EVER thought about getting involved, NOW is the time!! With Cindie
Travis volunteering to be the new chairperson of PBAC, several "new" people have
already said they'd get involved again. (Elections will be held at PBAC's
January 5th meeting.) We're inviting new PBAC members, -- whether or not you
are an experienced activist or cyclist! In fact, because bicycle facilities have
everything to do with a city's quality of life, some communities (like California's
bicycle capitol, Davis, California) got their initial great push from a P.T.A.-sponsored
safety committee.
Bicycling safety is a community issue, not just a cyclist's issue. And we think
Prescott is finally ready to make safe cycling happen for it's citizens and visitors.
Contact us at: PBACno smamPrescottYellowPages.com.
Marcee Keller
Next year we intend to write some articles about upcoming projects by Prescott Bicycle
Advisory Committee (PBAC) including the status of the Watson Woods Bridge restriping.
I personally am pushing for signed bike lanes on the bridge. If you have any
comments about the bridge send me an email at cindieno smamprescottyellowpages.com. We
will be discussing the bridge and the reorganization of PBAC in our next meeting
Wednesday, January 5, 2000 at 4:00 pm in the Basement Conference room at City Hall.
Cindie Travis
Tim Travis - President - Chain Gang Cycling Club
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