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Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee - Description

Chair: Jim Sebastian, Bicycle Program Manager, District of Columbia Department of Transportation - (202) 671-2331

Staff Contact: Michael Farrell - (202) 962-3760

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee provides advice and assistance to the Technical Committee and is responsible for the update and evaluation of the Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. The group also provides public information, including a bicycle route map that is produced jointly by the subcommittee and a local map publisher.  The group oversees the Street Smart Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Campaign.  Lastly, the group facilitates technology transfer and information sharing, as it relates to state and local programs.

Pedestrian Safety Workshop

With the assistance of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee, TPB and COG staff organized Pedestrian Safety Workshop, which took place on April 29, 2008 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  The workshop, sponsored by WMATA, COG, MDOT, VDOT, DDOT and AAA, was attended by approximately 200 individuals, including elected officials and pedestrian safety experts from a variety of fields: transportation, law enforcement, engineering, public education, transit, disability services, planning, health, engineering, schools, public affairs, insurance, military, business, community organizing, and media.  The workshop agenda, speakers and presentations can be viewed here.

Recommendations from the workshop formed the basis for a COG Board Resolution on pedestrian safety, R32-08, adopted June 11, 2008.

Street Smart

The Subcommittee oversees the Street Smart Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Campaign, a semi-annual media and enforcement campaign aimed at changing pedestrian and motorist behavior.  The most recent campaign wave took place in November 2009.  The next campaign wave will take place March 14 -April 11 2010.