National Bike Summit

At the COP 21 Paris Climate Summit 194 nations made commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These Commitments show progress but fall short of the reducing 2-degree Celsius goal. To meet our commitments, the US must address its growing transportation emissions or we will seriously undercut the progress of all other climate actions. What should be the priorities? How to get it done? How can more biking and walking fit in?  

This session qualifies for .75 CM credits.

This session is for policy advocates who have listened to webinars, read the blogs and still have questions about how the bill will effect their work. We’ll do short presentations, and save most of the time for Q&A.

Hear from key health partners about the newest tools for promoting active places through using health arguments, including key findings and winning messages from messaging research done by the Partnership for Healthy Kids and targeting more conservative decision makers.

Regional meetup for engaging the Bicycle Friendly America programs and networking. There will be four posters soliciting feedback on state and community priorities that will be used to strengthen Bicycle Friendly America programs. Attendees can also provide comments on the Bicycle Friendly State and Bicycle Friendly Community programs through two program-specific suggestion boxes. Attendees can also provide additional feedback online at 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NBS16_BFA  

Hear powerful testimony on two programs that are using bicycling as a way of building confidence, freedom, and community within refugee populations. The first 20 minutes will be dedicated to the short Dutch documentary film Mama Agatha, which tells the story of a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman living in cyclefriendly Amsterdam who for the past five years has been teaching other immigrant women how to ride bikes. This powerful and moving story is what inspired World Relief, Boise to launch their refugee bicycling program. Learn what it took and how it continues to evolve in helping refugees gain new freedoms through bicycling in Idaho.