Six organizational leaders convene a forum to increase bicycling in Boston’s neighborhoods, with a focus on low-income areas. A city planner at a private foundation partners with a state agency to reclaim aging parks and connect bicycling/walking paths. Volunteers in Hartford join an international movement to offer bicycle rickshaw rides to the elderly. Community leaders build alliances with local agencies to recommend safer street designs to encourage more biking and walking.
Municipal officials, biking and walking advocates, and industry leaders will share these initiatives and others — along with best practices and success stories on issues ranging from bicycle equity and community partnerships to greenway design, funding strategies, economic impact, and youth engagement — at the New England Bike-Walk Summit, April 26-27 in Boston. The nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance is holding its fifth biennial Summit to advance bicycling and walking innovations in communities across the region.
“We’re thrilled with the caliber of presentations we received from a record number of proposals,” says Niles Barnes, deputy director of the East Coast Greenway Alliance. “We’re excited to feature some unique collaborations and hear from a diverse range of voices. We know that gathering peers to exchange ideas and network will generate still more momentum for a region that is already a leader in bicycle-pedestrian planning.”
