Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07 March 7, 2010
- Thanks for the early positive feedback on the Harrisonburg Times! Happy to see 3 ppl already applied to write@hbtimes http://bit.ly/bJgWVv #
- @tncaldwell subscriptions are more like donations. No content will be blocked. in reply to tncaldwell #
- #Harrisonburg United Way press conference starts now to detail cuts to local services #hburgnews #
- WHSV's lead evening story is on the #Harrisonburg Times. http://bit.ly/9pdMiU #
- I'm leaving tomorrow with 6 others from #Harrisonburg, VA, to visit Davis, CA and learn about their nationally recognized bicycle system. #
- The #Harrisonburg bicycle delegation to Davis, CA, will be blogging here: http://harrisonburgdavisbiketrip.blogspot.com/ #hburgnews #
- The #Harrisonburg delegation to Davis leaves now from Court Square, taking the Green Shuttle to DC. #
- Just touched down in Sacramento, now a van to Davis… #
- Ok, settled in at the host homes – I'm staying with Leo, a major community bike advocate. We'll wake and be on bikes at 7:45am to downtown! #
- I think I'll be live on WSVA 550am to talkn about the trip to Davis. We just gathered to start our bike tour.. #
- In the next 15 min, I should have said. Waiting for their call.. #
- Does this count for parking?
http://yfrog.com/ed9i1j # - No word yet on WSVA…will let you know. Bike tour through UC Davis campus now, definitely educational. #hburgbikes #
- Tweet us questions at #hburgbikes or post on the blog (link at http://www.hburgnews.com) #
- @LucasRoasting Good ? Tour guide says no, that's mainly for tourist cities. Too expensive to provide easy access to many places #hburgbikes in reply to LucasRoasting #
- UC Davis campus is bike only. Disabled/injured get golf cart rides. Buses bring people to outer area, many leave bikes on campus #hburgbikes #
- Whew. We just finshed a 15-mile bike ride through Davis. Time for lunch. #hburgbikes #
- About to meet with Davis police for an hour for Q and A. What are your Q's? #harrisonburg #hburgbikes #
- Davis police see no increased crime incidence with new bike paths. Criminals want escape routes for car, so crime is near roads. #hburgbikes #
- Police officers get called out to help with UC Davis protests about cuts to education funding and increased tuition proposals. #hburgbikes #
- Now we're with a panel of parents of children who bike to different schools, a teacher of a jr high, parent advocates #hburgbikes #
- Learning about Save A Gallon http://www.saveagallon.org, a competition between schools to save gasoline by riding bikes or walking. #hburgbikes #
- Get this: there are no school buses in Davis (there are transit buses, but no school bus system) #hburgbikes #
- finishing up a much needed dinner, about to hear about the history of the Davis bike story. #hburgbikes #
- Great dinner and reflection – and 3 mile bike ride home – completes an exceptionally educational day. About 25 miles traveled! #hburgbikes #
- Listening to Mayor Pro Tem Don Saylor at 9am in Davis, CA. Learning about city council policy related to biking & infrastructure #hburgbikes #
- Davis city council meets in "community chambers", not "council chambers" to indicate breadth of use #hburgbikes #
- Davis, CA, had the first bike lanes in the country in 1970. Their lanes specifications became state then national standards #hburgbikes #
- Davis' principles for good bike planning: engineering, enforcement, encouragement, evaluation, and equity. #hburgbikes #
- Mayor Pro Tem Saylor makes all of #Harrisonburg delegation honorary citizens of Davis, CA #hburgbikes #hburgnews #
- Davis has standard requirement of 10% "greenbelt" for all new developments, primarily to provide corridors. for bike/ped #hburgbikes #
- Planning staff member says there isn't much "bike planning." There's just planning, and people understand that includes biking. #hburgbikes #
- Obesity rates are much lower in Davis than surrounding areas #hburgbikes #
- @paix120 They said you can be obese and live here, but there is a lot of self-selection (fit people choosing to live here) #hburgbikes in reply to paix120 #
- OK, what are your funding questions? We're speaking with the finance guy now #hburgbikes #
- We're going to need to get budget info to you in a different way than Twitter/FB. Will post it to blog later (after trip?) #hburgbikes #
- The funding mechanisms are a completely different world here (taxes, developer impact fees, state grants, etc). Really, wow. #hburgbikes #
- Surveys of parents in #Harrisonburg show they over estimate how far their homes are from school. Ex: think 2 mi away, really 0.5 #hburgbikes #
- Davis school district saves about $1,000,000 / year by not having school buses. #hburgbikes #
- @LucasRoasting Yes, some jobs were lost. #hburgbikes. All transit drivers are students, too – bus system run by student govt in reply to LucasRoasting #
- @LucasRoasting I'm not proposing it, just reporting what we're hearing. #hburgbikes in reply to LucasRoasting #
- Our FIRST break since leaving the burg! #hburgbikes Boy, our hosts have really allowed us to get the most out of this trip. Dinner at 6. #
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