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GENERAL ISSUES:	Your thoughts on what you could contribute
1. EDUCATION- Educating the public to promote bicycling on the roadways. Teaching Effective Cycling, or "Share the Road" riding Talking to community groups about bicycle transportation Creating an advertising campaign Leading seminars or lunch-time talks on bicycle commuting at local employers Creating Flyers about Bicycling in Albuquerque
2. EVENTS Organizing events to promote bicycling in Albuquerque. Working on Bike Month (May) and Bike to Work Day (May 16, 2000) Create a Bike Buddy program; leverage Transit Department campaign to promote alternative transportation. Working with Art Gardenswartz to coordinate a Bike Tour that Benefits GASP
3. ENGINEERING and INSTITUTIONALIZING BICYCLING Education of public institutions to promote bicycle friendly provisions in all actions and projects. Work with Albuquerque Police Department Work with Transit Department to make Transit Centers, Park and Rides, etc. bike friendly Take Public Works Road and Traffic Engineers out to see bad road designs Reviewing roadway plans Make sure new developments incorporate shower and locker facilities.
4. PUBLIC ADVOCACY Testifying at hearings and attending meetings Urban Transportation Planning and Policy Board (This Group is possibly the most influential in creating transportation policy - made up of local elected officials and other decision makers.) City Council County Commission Environmental Planning Commission Design Review Board Greater Albuquerque Bicycling Advisory Committee Legislative initiatives to promote bicycling through incentives created by city and state legislation.
5. ADMINISTRATIVE Maintain Access membership database Maintain Web Page Edit Newsletter Write Grant Proposals

SPECIFIC PROJECTS/ISSUES THAT GASP MEMBERS HAVE IDENTIFIED. Where can you help? Head one up yourself, or join with those who've already started on a project.

List your favorite 3. You could attend meetings, write about them for the newsletter and Web site, provide the bicyclist's perspective, etc. Names in italics are people who've started doing something, but we can use help!
Organize Special Events to promote Bicycle Friendliness/Awareness: Bike to Work Day 2000 (May 16) Organize Bike Month (May 2000) events Solicit private sponsors Do advertising League of American Bicyclists Rally for Summer 2000 Work with Suellen Bowersock and NM Touring Society to organize. Bicycle parking at: NM State Fair Luminaria Tours Dukes Baseball Balloon Fiesta We want to do this!! Other (list below) Organize a Grand Opening for the Cline Park Overpass over I-40 between Winrock and Cline Park for August 1999. Increase GASP membership by collecting names of interested bicyclists by manning a table on the Bosque Trail on a Saturday morning. Make a GASP video about bicycling in Albuquerque. Other (list below)	Run Campaign to: Monitor Big-I Reconstruction and Closure of North Diversion Channel Work with Gary Blakely, Richard Briones-Coleman, Danny Hernandez, Angus Grieves-Smith and others. Promote bicycle use for youth Youth Development, Inc. and others are interested in Youth at Risk programs Put bicycling in High School driving curriculum Councilor Mike Brasher may be interested in working this with City Council Make bicycling awareness a bigger part of motor vehicle training Ralph Wrons is working with MVD's Victoria Smith on this. Create a Community Bicycle Program, including free or loaner bikes in Downtown or Uptown. Jennifer Tobin is heading this up. Improve bike path maintenance Improve bicycling in Rio Rancho Contact Michele Stagner; mentioned in Alb. Journal 6/99 Promote Perimeter Ride around Albuquerque Sanctioned Perimeter ride has been developed by Tom Sullivan Coordinate Effective Cycling training - Chuck Malagodi Organize a campaign to encourage responsible riding by cyclists Improve bicycle facilities in the East Mountain Area Support Turquoise Trail Initiative for bike facility from Cedar Crest to Santa Fe on NM 14 Ben Feallock is heading this up.
Watchdogging the public planning process on the following subjects: The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Planning Area (AMPA) Comprehensive Bike Plan West Side Strategic Plan City's Comprehensive Plan Downtown Action Team Big-I Reconstruction plans Other (list below)	Be GASP representative to Public Advisory Bodies: Sun Tran, Transit Advisory Board Middle Rio Grand Council of Governments (MRGCOG) State Bicycle Pedestrian Equestrian (BPE) Committee The NM State Highway and Transportation Department needs more oversight!!! Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) Development Review Board (DRB) Greater Albuquerque Bicycling Advisory Committee (GABAC) Greater Albuquerque Trails Committee (GARTC) Other (list below)
Create a new group or form a coalition: Bike Commuters Group at UNM Jackie Shane? Bike Commuters Group at TVI Linda Rescic? Bike Commuters Group at Intel Bike Commuters Group at PNM Bike Commuters Group at your employer Sandia Bicycle Commuters Group Ralph Wrons, etc. Run a joint campaign with: Sierra Club Stefan Verchinski 1000 Friends of New Mexico Adolfo Mendez Other (list below)	Promoting particular Facilities: I-40 Bikeway Stefan Verchinski, etc. Central/Tramway intersection improvements Gail Ryba, etc. Bike facilities Gibson Corridor Bike facilities on Lead and Coal Gary Blakely, Phoebe Dooley, etc. Bike facilities on San Pedro Bike facilities for Second Street Bike facilities for Golf Course Road David Duganne Bike facilities - East Mountain area Bike facilities in the Tijeras Arroyo Zuni Improve Rio Grande Blvd in the Village of Los Ranchos Cline Park to Winrock overpass Other (list below)
List Your Ideas/favorite projects

We would like to collect the following demographics in reporting about bicyclists. Providing this information is voluntary. We intend to use this information when writing grant proposals, press releases, and other publications to explain who we represent.

What kind of cyclist do you consider yourself?
Class A - Very comfortable in automobile traffic on the roads Class B - Comfortable on low traffic roads Class C - Not comfortable on roadways; prefer multi-modal paths or sidewalks

Do You use bikes for: (check all that apply)
Commuting
Recreation
Racing

How many days a week do you use your bicycle for commuting or errands ?

How many miles per day for commuting or errands?

Which months do you use your bicycle for commuting or errands?

Are you currently enrolled in school? yes no

What are the major cross streets near your home?

If you bicycle commute to work or school, what is the name of the school or company?

    And what are the major cross streets for Work or School?

Do you have children? yes no    If yes, how many     ages

   Do you let your kids ride to school? yes no

You Age: <19 19-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 55-65 >65        Your Sex: male female

Race or ethnic background:

How many bikes do you own?

What is the number one reason you bike?

What is the number one reason that keeps you from biking?