Bicycle Friendly Springfield February 18, 2011 Bicycle Friendly Springfield Christopher McNeese A&B Cycle Director Bicycle Friendly Springfield Springfield Population Springfield, Missouri Population: 157,000 Home of Bass Pro Petition Bicycle Lanes Sharrows Bicycle Route Bicycle Paths Bicycle Friendly Community League of American Bicyclists LAB 5 Es Criteria 1)Engineering 2)Education 3)Encouragement 4)Enforcement 5)Evaluation & Planning STAR Team City Council May, 2009 Nothing Happened Formed BFS October of 2009 Facebook group Bicycle Friendly Springfield members City Council May 2010 2nd Petition Petition May, Signatures 1% of the population Bicycle Friendly Community The LINK CIP 1/4 Cent Capital Improvements Sales Tax Renewal Bicycles No Sales Tax 400K $400,000 per year Sharrows