BVC-CHAT biking & OUR city -- Make that "OUR CITIES"

[Chris Menzel]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:01:28AM -0700, Thomas Woodfin wrote:
> ...
> If Brazos Valley Cyclists was interested in making a difference,
> involvement in the planning processes, committees and meetings are an
> effective engagement in making our streets safer and designed to
> accomodate cyclists and pedestrians. 

I know that relevant meetings and the like are announced regularly on
the BVC list, but do we have any mechanisms in place to *ensure* that
such meetings (in both Bryan (where I now live) and CS) are announced?

> We have an advocate on the city council right now, John Crompton...

Right, a strong advocate.

> ...Scott Shafer from TAMU RPTS is a consistent advocate for greenways
> and bikeways. Ken Fogle, transportation planner for the city, is a
> cyclist himself. 

Scott is still a regular bike commuter and at one time was a serious
road racer.  (I think he was a Cat 3, which would have put him in the
ranks of our fastest local guys.)

-chris