Bicycle Friendly Destinations Program Coordinator 8 month consulting contract
Sept 2010 – Apr 2011 $14 per hour

Approximately 20 hours per week

If you are as passionate as we are about making our region a better place to live by getting more people on bicycles on our streets, this may be the job for you.

Queen City Bike is looking for a person to help launch a new program to encourage greater bicycle use by working with employers, retailers, arts and cultural organizations, community groups, and others to make it easy for people to reach and use their facilities by bicycle. Beginning immediately, the Program Coordinator will work with Queen City Bike volunteers and our allies to enroll employers in a Bike Friendly Workplace program. The Coordinator will then help extend the program to other kinds of businesses and organizations in the area.

The Program Coordinator will:

• Recruit employers/organizations to commit to the program – Provide assistance to organizations so that they can become more bike friendly
• Develop materials to explain the program and to distribute to employees at each
• participating business on bicycle commuting and safety
• Conduct seminars, “lunch and learns”, and other training programs for businesses
• and groups
• Develop a plan to publicly recognize Bike Friendly Workplaces
• Develop a plan to make the Bike Friendly Destination Program financially self-sustaining beyond the end of the 8 month start up period
• Ensure that this program helps us grow as an organization and advances our
• mission
• Report to the President of Queen City Bike

Requirements

• Background knowledge on bicycles as transportation, such as parking requirements and needs of bicycle commuters
• Good business writing skills
• Good oral communication skills
• Effective at leading and conducting meetings and training sessions
• Ability to work with all kinds of people, as effective in a business meeting as in neighborhood association meeting
• Self-motivated and able to work without a lot of supervision – Understands the basics of community organizing and movement building

It is a big plus if you already use your bicycle to meet some of your transportation needs and understand from personal experience the challenges daily riders face in our area
This program is being partially funded by a grant from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

To learn more: – Please send an e-mail message at queencitybike09@gmail.com and we will send you a copy of our grant application, which will provide more information, – Visit our website and blog on-line at www.QueenCityBike.org if you are not already familiar with our organization.

To apply, please send a resume with a cover letter and two one-to-two page writing samples to me at queencitybike09@gmail.com. We will be scheduling interviews in the next few weeks with a target start date no later than September 1st.

We expect the Program Coordinator to use a bicycle to meet most of their transportation needs related to this program. If you will be unable to do so, please explain in your cover letter.

Thursday, August 12 at 6 PM
JerzZes Pub at 708 Monmouth Street in Newport

Topic for Discussion:
Second Sunday in Newport
2nd Annual Tweed Ride

Planning on attending the Hofbrauhaus Bavarian Wheat Keg Tapping, on Wednesday, July 28?

Now, you can ride your bike and lock it securely to the new bike rack placed in front of the beer garden!

The Newport Hofbrauhaus is another of the growing number of Newport Businesses recognizing the needs of their biking patrons.

Ride on over to the Hofbrauhaus and give them a big, “Danke Schoen!”

Gary Wright, President of Queen City Bike is coming to make a presentation about biking to work at County offices on Thursday, June 17 at 12:00 Noon. The presentation will be in the Fiscal Court Chamber on the first floor. There will be a 15-20 minute powerpoint presentation.

Campbell County Fiscal Court
1098 Monmouth St.
Newport, KY

The Tweed Ride, Super Bad Bike Show and other fundraising events have enabled Bike Newport to purchase four Bike Racks that have been installed at various locations in Newport.

• Graeter’s Ice Cream • 342 Monmouth Street
• Dixie Chili • 733 Monmouth Street
• York St. Café • 738 York Street
• Sweet Tooth Candies • 125 West 11th Street

APBP Professional Development Webinar: Policy Promotion: Getting Policy Makers on Board with Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements

Wednesday, June 16 • 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT at OKI, 720 Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, OH

How can you convince elected officials and other policy-makers to make improvements to pedestrian and bicycle facilities? This APBP webinar will examine how jurisdictions in Tennessee worked to create policy change at the state, regional and local levels that supports bicycle and pedestrian programs, projects and promotion. Presenters from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga will talk about successes and lessons learned as their communities worked to develop the state’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan, improved standards for rumble strips, and complete streets policies, while engaging law enforcement and bicycle/pedestrian advisory committees.

Attendees will learn how to:
• Identify stakeholders within target agencies and jurisdictions to form a coalition for policy change;
• Construct a methodology to effectively engage a Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee to promote policy change;
• Define the role of a regional planning organization in policy change;
• Develop strategies using experiential learning techniques to move policy change forward;
• Address safety improvements that include bicyclists and pedestrians;
• Educate law enforcement on bicycle and pedestrian laws.

Webinar presenters include:
Leslie A. Meehan, AICP, is Senior Transportation Planner for the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. She specializes in policy, planning and education for bicyclists and pedestrians. Her focus is to strengthen the connection between health and physical activity through active transportation. She sits on the Tennessee Strategic Highway Safety Plan Committee, is co-chair elect of the Tennessee Obesity Taskforce and sits on the Steering Committee for the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. Leslie also teaches bicycle safety classes for adults, bicycle and pedestrian law classes to law enforcement and Safe Routes to School classes for studen t s.

Adetokunbo “Toks” Omishakin is Nashville’s Director of Healthy Living Initiatives. In this role, he guides the $7.5 million in federal funding Nashville received to improve active living and healthy eating, and serves as the Mayor’s liaison to the Healthy Nashville Leadership Council and Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Prior to this, Toks coordinated multimodal transportation issues with several Metro and State departments; he was Nashville’s first Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, then served as the grants project director when in 2003 Nashville became one of twenty-five cities to receive a RWJF grant to design more active-healthy living communities.

Philip Pugliese, MBA, was appointed Chattanooga’s first bicycle coordinator in 2005. Actively engaged in bicycle planning since 2002, he has chaired the Chattanooga Bicycle Task Force and currently serves on the technical staff of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County/North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization. Philip is an APBP board member and represents APBP on the National Complete Streets Coalition Steering Committee.

Melissa Taylor, MS, is the Director of Transportation Planning for the Chattanooga-Hamilton County/North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization (TPO). Prior to accepting the director position almost two years ago, Melissa served eight years as an environmental and land use planner for the regional planning agency. With both Master and Bachelor of Science Degrees in Environmental Science, Melissa brings an earth-friendly perspective to transportation planning and programming.

Ellen Zavisca has been a Transportation Planner for the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization since 2005, with a focus on pedestrian and greenway planning. Projects include creating Safe Routes to School programs, leading a regional Complete Streets study, and serving as c hair of the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Greenway Council. She has a master’s degree in urban planning with a transportation concentration from the University of Illinois-Chicago, and is a certified League of American Bicyclists bicycle safety instructor.

Breakfast at the Bridge (to support Bike to Work Day) We will celebrate our bicycle commuters by offering Breakfast next to the Purple People Bridge from 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. Breakfast is donated by local businesses.

Breakfast Menu:

• Milk and Orange Juice Fresh from Trauth Dairy
• Apples and Bananas
• Bagels & Muffins from the Newport Kroger Marketplace
• Doughnuts from Cookie Jar Bakery
• Coffee from Mammoth Cafe
• Water from the NKY Water District

Breakfast will be set up on the Newport on the Levee Parking lot just east of of Purple People Bridge.

Volunteers will be on hand to pump up your tires and provide information and suggestions to get you to work on your bike!

Reser Bicycle Outfitters thinks that EVERY month should be bike month, May is officially National Bike Month, so get your wheels in gear with Reser!

There will be a slew of events going on throughout the month, most notably Bike to Work Week, where hundreds of riders will descend upon the roads May 17 – May 21. Whether newbies or advanced cyclists, hundreds of riders will be out sharing the streets with cars, cabs and buses throughout Greater Cincinnati. There’s even a Commuter Training class May 15, for a “crash course” in how to ride on the road

During Bike to Work Week, riders can stop at Commuter Stations, open from 7a.m to 9a.m. in different area across the city (See below for locations). At these stations, sponsored by different companies in town, there will be fuel for both you and for your bike (that is, free coffee for you, and air for your tires). Get there early for free goodie bags and other helpful resources for bike commuting. You can also sign up for Queen City Bike membership and pick up the club’s Bike Month T-shirt for just $20.

As an added bonus, we at Reser Bicycles Outfitters are giving away FREE T-shirts all week at our Commuter Stations, as well as at the store!! They’ll go fast, and supplies are limited, so roll by and get yours, fast! You can find our staff at noted locations, below on May 17, 18, 20 and 21.

Commuter Training Class: May 15th, 10AM
Commuter Training will be held at the Corner BLOC Coffee Shop (3101 Price Avenue) in Price Hill. The event is being hosted by Don Burrell, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Senior Planner at OKI.

Commuter Stations & Mechanic Locations

May 17th
Hyde Park
Station: Coffee Emporium (3316 Erie Ave.)
Mechanics: Element Cycles
May 18th
Covington
Station: Greenup Cafe (308 Greenup St.)
Mechanics: Reser Bicycle Outfitters

College Hill
Station: College Hill Coffee (6128 Hamilton Ave.)
Mechanics: MoBo Bicycle Cooperative
Northside
Station: Sidewinder Coffee & Tea
(4181 Hamilton Ave.)
Mechanics: MoBo Bicycle Cooperative
May 19th
Clifton
Station: Cincinnati Firehouse Engine 34
(301 Ludlow Ave.)
Mechanics: ASME Student Chapter
Station: Campus Cyclery/Rohs St. Cafe
(241 W. McMillan St.)
Mechanics: Campus Cyclery

Price Hill
Station: Corner Bloc Coffee Shop (3101 Price Ave.)
Mechanics: Don Burrell; OKI
Station: Price Hill Chili (4920 Glenway Ave.)
Mechanics: Dave Tarbell
Corryville
Station: Taza (2900 Jefferson Ave.)
Mechanics: ASME Student Chapter
May 20th
Clifton
Station: Iris Book Club (1331 Main St.)
Mechanics: Reser Bicycle Outfitters

Downtown
Station: Coffee Emporium (110 E. Central Pkwy.)
Mechanics: Reser Bicycle Outfitters

Bike to Work Day Celebration
Location: Fountain Square, 11:30AM – 1PM
May 21st
Breakfast on the Bridge
Location: Purple People Bridge, 7AM – 10AM
Organized by: Bike Newport

Campbell County Family YMCA The Mountain Bike Race has been rescheduled for May 23rd. Race Director, Mike L needs help working on the trail. Call Shane at the Y if you’re interested.
Campbell County Family YMCA The Mountain Bike Race has been rescheduled for May 23rd.

Bike Tour of Historic Newport Explore Newport’s historic architecture and colorful history from your bike. Meet at Newport City Building parking lot, 998 Monmouth Street on Saturday, May 8 at 9 AM.