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Your Guide to Forming a Bicycle Advisory Committee Your Guide to Forming a Bike Advisory Committee By the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike), copyright 2004. Generous funding for this project was provided by the Charles River Wheelmen (www.crw.org). We are indebted to MassBike President Emeritus John Crisley for his assistance on an initial version of this document. YOUR GUIDE TO FORMING A BIKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ....................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 2 Overview..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Why Advocacy?.......................................................................................................................................... 3 Organizational Resources.............................................................................................................................. 5 How to start a local bike committee or group............................................................................................. 5 Structure: Official or Non-Official Committees ......................................................................................... 7 OFFICIAL COMMITTEES..................................................................................................................... 7 Advantages of official committees...................................................................................................... 7 Disadvantages of official committees. ................................................................................................ 7 NON OFFICIAL COMMITTEES............................................................................................................ 8 Advantages of non-official committees .............................................................................................. 8 Disadvantages of non-official committees.......................................................................................... 9 Sample By-Laws....................................................................................................................................... 11 Massachusetts Open Meeting Law ........................................................................................................... 14 Community Organizing Best Practices ....................................................................................................... 19 Developing a mission and strategic plan for a bike group ........................................................................ 19 Campaign planning................................................................................................................................... 21 PICKING ISSUES YOU CAN WIN....................................................................................................... 21 WORKING WITH YOUR CONSTITUENCY ........................................................................................ 22 LOBBYING TECHNIQUES.................................................................................................................. 22 Running Effective Meetings ..................................................................................................................... 23 Running Successful Events....................................................................................................................... 26 Media generating news and maintaining websites................................................................................. 27 Fundraising, finance, and growing membership ....................................................................................... 31 FUNDRAISING .................................................................................................................................... 32 MEMBERSHIP ..................................................................................................................................... 34 Database management and accounting ..................................................................................................... 35 DATABASES ......................................................................................................................................... 35 ACCOUNTING ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Programmatic Resources............................................................................................................................. 37 An Overview of the State's Decision Making Framework........................................................................ 37 How Projects Happen............................................................................................................................... 49 How to advocate for ROADS AND SIGNS ........................................................................................... 53 Width for Lane Sharing .................................................................................................................... 55 Rural Highway Sections (without curbs or parking)......................................................................... 56 Drainage Inlet Grates ........................................................................................................................ 56 TRAILS.................................................................................................................................................. 56 INTERMODAL FACILITIES AND PARKING...................................................................................... 57 1 WORKPLACE AND COMMUTER ACCESS........................................................................................ 59 Education programs (includes Enforcement) ........................................................................................... 60 The Massachusetts Legislative Process .................................................................................................... 60 Liability Issues.......................................................................................................................................... 67 Useful Bicycle Information ......................................................................................................................... 69 Bicycle Statistics....................................................................................................................................... 69 BICYCLE CRASHES: WHAT THE STATISTICS SHOW...................................................................... 69 Refuting Devil s Advocate Arguments..................................................................................................... 70 Strong arguments for bicycling................................................................................................................. 72 State Bicycle Laws.................................................................................................................................... 73 Additional Resources and Contacts............................................................................................................. 80 Introduction Welcome you are an influence pedaler. By reading this document, you have demonstrated your interest in improving bicycling conditions in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) is grateful to you for everything you've done or want to do to make Massachusetts a better and safer place to bicycle. Whether it be on roads, multi-use paths, transit, or to destinations or the workplace, MassBike is always working to improve bicycling conditions. Since 1977, MassBike has aimed to achieve its goals through a combination of education, advocacy, and raising awareness. MassBike is at the hub of an interconnected wheel throughout the state channeling and sharing information between groups to help build the bicycling movement. But MassBike is effective at improving bicycling directly because of all the dedicated cyclists working to improve conditions. Without dedicated volunteers working across the state, our efforts would be like a rim without spokes. This guide aims to give bicycle advocates the tools needed to successfully push for programmatic, policy, and infrastructure improvements. Over 1.2 million Massachusetts residents bicycle every year. More people want to bicycle more often than their current activity level. The potential for better bicycling and a more potent grassroots movement is extremely strong. Much of the guidance and advice in the guide was learned the hard way, by trial and error. It is not meant to be the final word on Massachusetts bicycle advocacy it is meant to be a continually evolving guidance document. MassBike also encourages any and all to send success stories and any other helpful information. Collecting information and success stories is important because collective knowledge is almost always better than individual knowledge. We will do our best to incorporate any information you send. Email suggestions for improvement to: [email protected] The guide is also available on the web at: www.massbike.org. We encourage you to join MassBike on-line if you are not already a member. 2 Overview The guide provides information that will aid the effort to integrate bicycling into the transportation, recreational, and cultural fabric of Massachusetts. It
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