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Royal Oak forms a Bicycle Task Force
First, we must thank all the cyclists that came to Monday’s City Commission meeting. It was impressive and that made the difference, as noted below.
And thanks for being patient. It took more time than expected (and more time than normal) to get to the public comment period. There’s an old adage that lawmaking is like making sausage. You don’t want to see how it’s done. Monday’s meeting was no exception.
But, once we were able to speak about improving cycling in Royal Oak, the Commission listened and acted. They modified the evening’s agenda and added a discussion on cycling.
That discussion led to the creation of a small bicycling task force that will work with the city manager to develop recommendations on how we can improve biking safety in Royal Oak.
Our task force has already arranged a meeting later this month with Tom Hoover, Royal Oak’s city manager. The Woodward Avenue Action Association is supportive of our efforts and will participate in this discussion as well.
There was media coverage of the event by the Detroit News, Daily Tribune, and Mirror.
I also got a quote in the November Complete Streets e-Newsletter:
It’s difficult to ride your bike to the zoo when it shouldn’t be. Royal Oak spends so much on parking. If we increased the number of people riding bicycles in the city we’d save money.
Tags: On-road bicycling, Royal Oak, Safety
November 29th, 2008 at 11:49 am
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