City Council Approves Bicycle-Friendly Steps

Issue #20.34 :: 08/22/2007 - 08/28/2007

City Council Approves Bicycle-Friendly Steps Local Cyclist Wins Over Council with Presentation

BY ERIC K. WARD

It’s all about bicycling for Columbia resident Natalie Britt. “I bike everywhere just about,” says Britt, who lives in the in-town Shandon neighborhood. Spry and sprightly, Britt knows how to give a presentation as well: not too short, not too long; just right. Britt gave precisely such a narrative, on how to make Columbia more bicycle friendly, to City Council on Aug. 15. “We’d really like to start to advertise a bike rack design contest,” Britt told the council. She is co-chair of a committee the elected body created to try to foster greater affability in Columbia toward the two-wheeled set. Progress on that front would yield health, economic, environmental and other benefits, Britt said. read more here