The next Confident City Cycling (aka Traffic Skills 101) class will be held in Harrisonburg on April 26 and April 27 and will cover laws affecting bicyclists, the importance of visibility and predictability, lane positioning, intersection safety, interacting with pedestrians, trail etiquette, bicycle safety checks, fixing a flat, on-bike skills, crash avoidance techniques, basic bicycling gear,…
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Wednesday night, March 13, the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the creation of a bicycle and pedestrian plan for the entirety of Rockingham County. After a vote on the plan was tabled by the Board of Supervisors on February 27 (Read our previous post about the meeting) , the bicycle community redoubled our…
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Wheeling It In EMU First Among Small Universities In 2012 National Bike Challenge Posted: March 8, 2013 By EMILY SHARRER HARRISONBURG – For the second time this academic year, the Eastern Mennonite University community has been recognized by the League of American Bicyclists for its cycling efforts. This time, EMU placed first among small universities in…
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Thanks to Keith Sandum for this cool video of the Superbowl Sunday ride. Keith says: “I’m hooked on the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition’s annual Super Bowl Sunday ride up to Flagpole knob (4360 ft). [Above] are composite videos made from the ride up & down the mountain. I so appreciate all the work the SVBC does…
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GET INVOLVED IN PLANNING FOR REGIONAL BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION! Your input is key. Survey link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HR_BikePedPlan. The survey should only take about 10-15 minutes to complete and will close on March 29, 2013. Take it today! The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization (HRMPO) is initiating an effort to develop a Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan for Harrisonburg…
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The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition board member annual election is now open. The current board has decided to expand to the board from seven to nine members, so this election will fill five positions. Current board members Jason Burch and Kyle Lawrence are running for reelection, and three candidates are running for the first time. …
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What a great time at the 2013 National Bike Summit. As covered in a previous post Harrisonburg was very well represented this year at the Summit. Six of us traveled from Harrisonburg and Rockingham Co. to Washington, DC to join 750 other bicyclists and “urbanists” representing all 50 states and a few others from…
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Last night, the County Board of Supervisors considered whether to include all of Rockingham County in the regional bicycle-pedestrian plan currently under development. And . . . the Supervisors moved to postpone the vote until their next meeting in two weeks. SO! Mark your calendars, WE NEED YOU BACK at the County Office Building (20…
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Ready To Roll Posted: February 27, 2013 By PRESTON KNIGHT HARRISONBURG — The training wheels are almost off for a broad bicycle-and-pedestrian plan in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.The Rockingham County Board of Supervisors will vote tonight to commit almost $17,000 to an ongoing effort to craft such a map.Last month, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization and planners…
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Harrisonburg, Virginia – The area will be well represented at the upcoming National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. on March 4-6, 2013. Six locals, including staff from the City of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, James Madison University and the Northend Greenway as well as a volunteer from the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC), will be attending…
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