Thursday, May 31, 2012

BAC testifies at DC Council hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety

Yesterday the DC Council Committee on the Judiciary held the third in its series of hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety. Jameel Alsalam testified at that hearing on the work that the BAC has been doing with MPD over the past seven months, in particular addressing communication between MPD and the cycling community and the training measures that MPD has been taking to address problems being investigated by the committee. Important steps are being taken, but there is still more work to do, and we need to make sure that the measures that MPD are taking are effective in eliminating the underlying problems.

Full BAC testimony is here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/95423661/BAC-Testimony-to-DC-Council-5-30-2012

WABA testimony is here: http://www.waba.org/blog/2012/05/waba-testimony-urges-officer-training-legislative-fixes/

Video of the hearing (click on Committee on the Judiciary, and look for the 5/30 entry): http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/granicus/archive/

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Bi-Monthly DCBAC meeting

Wednesday, May 2, from  6pm to 8pm, will be the regularly scheduled bi-monthly DC Bike Advisory Council meeting taking place at 441 4th Street, NW, One Judiciary Square, in Room 1114. Room 1114 is on the 11th floor, use the south set of elevators. Please bring a government-issued identification to enter the building

Below is our agenda for tomorrow's meeting: 

AGENDA 
1. Introductions - 5 Minutes
2. Green Lanes Presentation by BikesBelong Coalition - 30 minutes 
3. Approval of Minutes - 5 minutes 
4. Committee Reports - 50 minutes 
5. Bike to Work Day Action Plan - 15 minutes 
6. Other Business - 15 Minutes 

As always, the public is welcomed.