What is this all about?

A city bike program has the potential of providing for your city a proven, workable, affordable, near-term city transforming new mobility measure that you and your colleagues should probably be looking at closely. It is our view that with proper preparation you can adapt and put it to work in your city. But there is more to it than one may at first think. This collaborative program is intended to help you gain time and focus in this process.

There are three important structural points about these systems which may not be immediately self-evident.

• First, once they are fully up and working (meaning full city-wide coverage) they begin to gradually transform the basic metric of the city, much as motor cars did when they colonized the urban fabrics over the past fifty years. As one part of a integrated multi-part new mobility program, city bike initiatives offer a catalytic step toward wide-ranging environmental, quality-of-life and positive economic impacts.

• Furthermore, by empowering citizens to themselves be part of positive change in their everyday commutes, a city bike program can also have a powerful cultural and political impact -- an essential element of tackling climate change.

• And finally, it's important to keep in mind from the outset that this is not going to be "just one more nice bike project". When you dig into it you will quickly see that it is, in fact:
  1. a significant public transport project;
  2. a roads and infrastructure project of some dimensions;
  3. a public health project in a time of need;
  4. a city center economic development project;
  5. a climate project that really can make a difference; and
  6. an exercise in deep democracy and active citizenry.

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Project deliverables:

One print report and a package of six support services as follows:

The Report:     World City Bike Implementation Strategies: 2008
                           New Mobility Advisory Brief. Vol. 1, No. 1

Subscription provides you with immediate access to the latest edition of the print report: a key analytic document based on direct experience with and deep knowledge of the city bike field and its broader strategic planning context, as practiced at the leading edge in cities around the world. It also opens up a package of supporting services, which may differ somewhat depending on the type of subscription and the nature of your organization and project. Click here for more.

Support services package:
The following support services are included in the subscription package: (Click the following links for more information on each component of the package):

1. Report updates: Regular updates of report over 2008.
2. Support hotline: Hotline consultancy support
3. Debriefs/News: Private communications of exception information;, heads-ups on projects, events and techniques; and suggestions.
4. Invitational World City Bike Forum: Access to this reserved expert resource.
5. Accelerated Learning Sessions: Invitations to participate or co-organize.
6. Plan/Project Benchmarking: Subscriber rates for confidential periodic team audits of plans and on-going projects.

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World City Bike Program Associates

This section presents brief profiles of the key group of international expert associates who are providing important council, materials and sections of the final report, and who are also available to take support roles in the City Benchmarking exercises and the Accelerated Learning Sessions as they come on line in response to the requests of city teams and agencies concerned to create a firm base for their eventual projects and programs.

* Click here for team profiles > > > .

How to subscribe:

There are basically three ways of accessing the World City Bike 2008 program: (a) Individual subscription, (b) Corporate/group subscription, and (c) as a sponsor.

We invite you to click these links for more information on each package.

Working with that top menu

If you look at the top of this page you will see a small menu which we have developed to serve both as a handy quick introduction for first visitors, and as a guide for quick updates and references. In the first case, we propose that you simply click your way across it from left to right; this will give you a good overview of the main highlights of the project.

And then once you are familiar with the site, you may want to make it a habit when you check in to click the News and Forum links which are continuously in operation and updated. (Note: You have to be an invited member of the Forum to access its content.)

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