Virginia Bicycling Federation

[ March 13, 2008 5:30 pm to March 19, 2008 7:00 pm. ] The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold three informal meetings in southwestern Virginia to provide information about its bicycle and pedestrian program and allow people interested in bicycling and walking to discuss the program with VDOT representatives.

VDOT’s bicycle and pedestrian program was formed to ensure that bicycling, walking and other modes of nonmotorized transportation receive [...]

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Today’s Collegiate Times ran a story about biking in Blacksburg — more and more Virginia Tech students are turning to bikes for transportation and exercise. While biking has always been big in Blacksburg, there are a lot more bikes downtown these days, and bike culture is more visible everywhere. All over town, I [...]

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SB644 FAILED to be Reported Out of House Transportation Subcommittee 2 this morning by a 3-3 vote.As has increasingly been the case as this legislative session wears on, this vote was right along party lines, with the 3 D’s (Marsden from Fairfax, Nichols from Woodbridge, and Ward from Hampton) voting to report [...]

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Chairman Joe May of the House Transportation Committee threw another obstacle in the way of this bill, even though his committee had already heard and passed the identical House bill patroned by Del. Ebbin less than 3 weeks ago, by assigning it to be heard by Subcommittee 2 (which also had [...]

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SB644, Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks, was Passed By (postponed) for the day today in the House Transportation Committee and will be heard Thursday at 8:30 a.m.Apparently Sen. Ticer had a conflict and requested that it be passed by.
There is still time to call the Committee members if you haven’t already done so.
The general [...]

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The House Transportation Committee docket for tomorrow (1/2 hour after adjournment, which usually means around 2 p.m.) has just been posted, and SB644 is listed.
Now is the time for all constituents of Transportation Committee delegates to call them and ask them to support the “Motorists Must Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks” bill, SB644.
Committee [...]

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We’ve had a lot of interest lately in US Bike Route 1, which traverses Virginia from north to south, passing through Richmond along the way. The official state bike map shows the route, but the Richmond section is not shown in detail. However the signage is good enough that anyone should be able to [...]

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The Salem District will be holding meetings on bike accommodations on
the following dates (I don’t have times for these meetings).

Thursday, March 13, at the Montgomery County Government Center
in Christiansburg
Tuesday, March 18, at the Salem District Auditorium
Wednesday, March 19 at the Henry County Administration Building
in Martinsville

Jakob Helmboldt, AICP
Statewide Bicycle & Pedestrian Program Coordinator
Transportation & Mobility Planning [...]

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[ February 29, 2008 to March 2, 2008. ] All VBF Members are invited to join the Board for a weekend retreat and work session, with the goals of:

Setting and prioritizing goals for the organization
Developing objectives, strategies and tactics to meet priority goals
Reviewing bicycling related actions by the Virginia General Assembly
Planning for the 2008 Cross State Ride
Brainstorming and sharing Bike Month plans from across [...]

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by Bud Vye
Have not had a chance to talk with Del. Ebbin about the action on the House floor today (will try to do so tomorrow), but from the Legislative website it appears that the bill was defeated by a 47-48 vote (although who voted for and against is not listed), after [...]

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