MAYOR TO ANNOUNCE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Committee to promote walking and bicycling in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 24, 2008) -Mayor Karl Dean will announce today at the Walk Bike Nashville Annual Meeting that he has issued an executive order to create a Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) to further Nashville’s efforts to become a more walkable and bikeable city.
“Walking and bicycling are healthy and environmentally-friendly forms of transportation that need to be easier to do in our city. It is my goal that at the end of my term as mayor, Nashville will have been transformed into one of the great walkable and bikeable cities in our country,” Dean said.
“I look forward to working with this advisory committee to further the relationship between government and our community advocates in this area, and to promote walking and bicycling in Nashville.”
The formation of such a committee is recommended in the Strategic Plan for Sidewalks & Bikeways, which was recently updated by the Public Works and Planning departments through a directive from the mayor.
The Walk Bike Nashville Annual Meeting is tonight starting at 6 p.m. at the Nashville Farmer’s Market, 900 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
BPAC members:
- Erik Cole, Metro Council
- Shirley Cooper, HCA and Potenza Cycling Club
- Sean Davies, Walk Bike Nashville
- Kim Hawkins, Hawkins Partners Inc. Landscape Architects
- Jeff Kellar, Major Momentum Cycling Club
- Britton Kinnard, Gran Fondo Cycles
- Jenny Magill, Nashville Striders
- John Norris, Greenways Commission
- Thomas F. O’Connell, MTA Board
- Erika Sumner, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
- Johniene Thomas, Northwest Nashville Civic Association
- Debbie Thurman, AT&T
- Patrick Willard, AARP
For media inquiries contact:
Bonna Johnson
615-862-6461
bonna.johnson@nashville.gov