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October in Arizona always brings about a change in the weather, the amount of daylight, and the end of the long road-racing season. The shorter days end the Tuesday - Thursday training rides and the cooler temperatures change the starting time of the remaining rides to later in the morning. The end of the road-racing season changes some people's attitudes towards training. The MT bikers have a new ride just for the month of October. (See below for more information) So, here are the changes that take place for our club: The Monday morning recreational ride will be meeting at 9:00 AM for the months of October and November. In December the ride will move to 10:00 AM for the winter. The 5:30 PM Tuesday / Thursday training rides are ending for this season. There is simply not enough daylight to continue into winter but we will be at it again next spring starting in March. Both the Tuesday road ride and Thursday MT bike ride were very successful and improved everyone's fitness levels tremendously. I would like to thank all those that came out and made this happen. The Saturday morning recreational road ride will be meeting at 9:00 AM for the months of October and November. In December the ride will move to 10:00 AM for the winter. Saturday morning mountain bike ride in the pines. Month of October. Options will vary from one to three hours and from intermediate to advanced. Meet at the old gravel pit that's up Senator Hwy. on the right -- about 2.5 miles up Mt. Vernon from Gurley. Ride starts at 8 a.m. Call Steve or Marcee before 9 p.m. (Early a.m. also okay) at 778-5945 or days at 776-2391. The Sunday morning courthouse road training ride time is changing. Starting this Sunday the ride will start at 8:00 AM and continue at this time for the months of October and November. In December the ride will move to 9:00 AM for the winter. Because the road-racing season is over I would expect that these rides will be possibly longer and probably slower compared to the summer. Of course, this is a leaderless ride and the group, before and during the ride, decides routs and pace. If you need more information please check the ride schedule
This letter was sent by the Prescott Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) to select, local non-profit organizations in Prescott. Dear Citizen of Prescott: We believe we share in your organization's goals for a healthy, clean,"green" Prescott. Allow us to introduce the Prescott Bicycle Advisory Committee ("P-BAC") -- its members, its goals, and its accomplishments. PBAC works with city staff, transportation officials and the community to develop on-road bicycleways as a serious mode of transportation to help minimize congestion and noise, keep our air clean and reduce motor vehicle miles traveled per capita. For travel continuity, we coordinate our on-road designations with Sue Knapp, Executive Director of Prescott Alternative Transportation (PAT), who continues her efforts and accomplishments in developing off-road paths, trails and bicycle access for Prescott. Our first big accomplishment since new leadership in December, 1999 was winning city council approval for Prescott's first bike lanes -- those on Watson Woods Bridge (the 69/89 connector road). And it was PBAC leaders -- Cindie Travis, Marcee Keller, Derek Brownlee and Steve Becker -- who recently worked with ADOT officials, and city engineers and staff prior to the city council meeting to assure bike lanes remained on the bridge while accommodating ADOT's lane-widening request. In June 2000, PBAC convinced city council that Prescott needed a Phase II Bike Plan and policy to assure that bike lanes and routes routinely become a standard component of city roadway design and construction throughout Prescott. In addition, PBAC requested that city staff (Planner Tiffany Rich and Steve Gaber) write the plan (which includes pedestrian rights-of-way, too) with PBAC and community members' input to assure ownership and implementation by all. PBAC is also conducting a "Ridership Survey" (written and managed by Chris Frederiksen and Kara Baker with help from City Communicator J.J. McCormick and City Planner Tiffany Rich). It was printed in the "City Pages" and sent out with city water bills last month. The survey asks safety and usage questions of motorists and cyclists. The number of survey responses has far exceeded all other surveys conducted by the city. And we are just beginning to get responses back from local college students. Last month, PBAC organized and hosted Arizona's first Bicycle Advocacy Summit. The Summit featured established and respected leaders from Tucson and Phoenix. A total of 58 bicycle advocates from throughout Arizona attended both days of this informative, networking event. Donations from the City of Prescott, Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists and the Chain Gang Bicycling Club contributed to the event's success. Like many of you, we share the same frustrations and energy drain of working full-time, pursuing degrees, raising families, and enjoying the outdoors while also growing our commitment to something we believe in and are passionate about. And like you, we somehow keep going. It really helps knowing there are others, like you, working for a healthy, clean, green Prescott. Thank you for YOUR efforts! Please feel free to call us if you need our help on an important issue or to join us on the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Planning Committee (The third Wednesday of each month, 5:30 p.m., downstairs of City Hall, wheelchair entrance). Most sincerely, Cindie Travis, Chair 771-0610 (work) or 541-7604 (home) Marcee Keller, Secretary 776-2391 (work) or 778-5945 (home) List of PBAC members:
Here is our chance to tell the City of Prescott what roads in town need improving in terms of bicycle use. The results of this survey will be put in the updated Bike Plan and will help identify the areas we can request get improved. We will have a form ready for you to fill out that lists various on-road bicycle hazards throughout Prescott like wrong-way grates, wide cracks in the road, etc. You pick the area of town you are interested in surveying. We will meet on October 21, 2000 at 9:00 am at the south side of the Court House. We'll break up into small groups, each covering a different part of town. Then all meet later for lunch. If you can't make this group effort you can pick up a form from the City of Prescott and do your own survey at a time convenient for you. Call Tiffany Rich at the City of Prescott for details and to select the part of town you want to cover.
The first Arizona Bicycle Advocacy Summit held August 26, and 27, 2000 at the Prescott Library was a huge success. The speakers were: Richard Metz from the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists, Cindie Travis from the Prescott Bicycle Advisory Committee, Matt Zoll from the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee, Richard Moeur from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Reed Kempton, Bicycle Coordinator with Maricopa Association of Governments, and Penny Taylor a lobbyist with Southwest Gas and a Bicycle Advocate. It was great being in the same room with everyone that had the same goal of increasing bicycle safety and access. We had some special guests from Tucson, the Gormans. The Gormans along with help from Penny Taylor were instrumental in getting the 3 foot law passed. To those who may not know it, the 3 foot law requires motorists to give a cyclist 3 feet when they pass. The Gormans began their crusade after their son Brad was struck and killed on a road in Tucson. Their goal is to educate and promote bicycle safety and awareness. Thanks Jim and Jean. Here are some of the things I learned from each of the speakers: Richard Metz made it clear that we had fellow advocates in Phoenix that are willing to help us with our issues such as the Airport Connector. Matt Zoll reminded me that I should have some fun, don't let them snow you, and my favorite "Take a politician to lunch. Richard Mouer enlighten everyone on how our highway engineers think and how ADOT is structured. Reed Kempton, has a job I would like to have, dazzled us with numbers and statistics useful for our bike plan. Penny Taylor educated me on the legislative process and how important it is to network, network, and network some more. For those of you that missed it, we do have a video tape available to anyone who is interested. Please contact Tim Travis at timno smamprescottyellowpages.com The Summit was so successful that another one has been scheduled for June 2001 in Flagstaff. Thanks Jack Welch of the Coconino Cycling Club for volunteering your efforts and you can count on my support.
Do you know if the road from the US border to Rocky Point, Mexico is reasonable for biking? Please pass this message to any you think may help. Thank you, George and Sharon Miner Vancouver Bicycle Club Vancouver, Washington (near Portland, Oregon) "Free as the Wind," our one year unsupported tandem tour of the USA, Mexico and Canada starts September 10th! Wave as we go by: Blue da Vinci Global Venture w/Bob trailer. Roadbikersno smamaol.com <Roadbikersno smamaol.com> Hi, My boyfriend and I are considering a move from Santa Cruz, CA to Prescott and I was just wondering if you could clue us in on any running/track clubs and triathlon clubs in the area. Your site is great. It makes me want to move to Prescott just for the rides! Nancy Ullrich <gandnno smamcruzio.com> Hello, My husband, Mike, and I are in the long process of relocating from RI to AZ. We bought land in Clarksdale several years ago, and plan to be in the area shortly to meet with our builder and other things of that nature. One of the things we dearly love about the area we live in now (though we are sure we will love AZ FAR BETTER!!!) is the great bike trails available for both road and hybrid bikes. I've seen a lot of information available about mountain biking in AZ, but nothing about "our kind of biking" in the Clarksdale, Cottonwood area. Can you help me with this? We'll be visiting AZ the week of 10/7/00 and among a long list of many things I'd like to do is check-out some great biking areas. Any suggestions? I look forward to your response, and thank you for your time! Mary Loux louxmno smamgis.net Hi, could you add a link to http://www.totalcycling.com on your links page. We're a new company based in Ireland but use Fed Ex to deliver to the US and have cheaper prices than US companies for European cycling goods. We can offer bulk buy deals to cycling clubs for consumable items like tires/ pedals/ h/bar tape and saddles. We also sponsor www.cyclingforum.com Thanks, Mike
The next Prescott Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for October 4, 2000, The first Wednesday of each month, 5:30 p.m., downstairs of City Hall, wheelchair entrance The next Bike Planning Committee meeting is scheduled for October 18, 2000. The first Wednesday of each month, 5:30 p.m., downstairs of City Hall, wheelchair entrance.
On September 12, 2000, the Arizona Department of Transportation, Bob LaJeunesse and Tom Foster, met with the Prescott City Council to discuss the issue of not enough turning radius for trucks on the Watson Woods Bridge. Originally the two options were: remove the bike lanes off the bridge or reduce the number of thru lanes on the bridge. Members of the Prescott Bicycle Advisory Committee and City of Prescott staff, met with ADOT prior to the City Council meeting. In that meeting, it was worked out that bike lanes on the Watson Woods Bridge could remain if the intersection before the bridge was widen to accommodate turning trucks and that the bike lanes would be removed from the intersection. By the time we went to City Council it was a done deal, we had our bike lanes. I would like to thank all the people present at that meeting for their efforts. Thank you Marcee Keller, Steve Becker, Derek Brownlee, JJ McCormick, and Tiffany Rich.
Dear PBAC Members: I recently found out that I have until the end of the year to finish my Masters degree. NAU gives you 6 years to complete your degree and I started exactly 6 years ago. I only have 2 classes left and I am taking both of them this semester. The good news is that I will graduate this December. The bad news is that I did not have much flexibility in picking class times and one of my classes meets every Wednesday evening. As you all know both of the PBAC meetings and the Bike Plan meetings meet on Wednesday evenings and therefore I will not be attending either of these meetings for the rest of this year. According to the PBAC rules concerning citizen membership you have to attend 3 out of 6 meetings in order to maintain (voting) membership in the committee. I even was the one who suggested this rule and PBAC voted to adapt it. I still think it is a fair rule and intend to obey it. So, before I mysteriously miss 3 meetings I thought it best to give everyone advanced notice so you know what is going on. I would like to tie up all the projects that I have started. I do not like leaving things half finished. Fortunately we were just beginning the Bike Plan process and I have not started too many things. Below I have listed the projects that I think fit in this category and I intend to finish. --8 hour AZ summit tape dubbing and coping --Picking up the Prescott Bike Surveys in the locations I am responsible for. I also volunteered for several projects but have not actually started them. Because I will not be at the meetings I will not be able to actually start or complete these projects. I hope that others will pick up these projects and get involved in this important work. Below I have listed the project that I think fit in this category. --Hazard Survey --Facilities Ride --Bike Plan Policy Sub Committee I regret any inconvenience that this may cause. Tim Travis
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