"Even though we ride non-polluting bicycles to save mankind, we lock our bikes because we can't trust mankind"
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ECC Public Meetings & Current Initiatives |  | | | Credit: Melinda Tuhus, New Haven Independent |
ElmCityCycling holds regular meetings the second Monday of every month, at City Hall, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. You can download minutes & the agenda here. Topics dicussed include rides and events, current news, organizational issues, and advocacy efforts on a variety of concerns important to the cycling community.
Meetings are open, so everyone is welcome to participate, share their concerns and get involved.
Because one hour per month isn't nearly enough time to address everything that we are working on, we also have a number of subcommittees which tackle more specific research and advocacy efforts. Please attend the regular monthly ECC meeting or participate on our yahoo listserv to find out more about how to get involved with specific advocacy efforts.
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Bike to Work Breakfast
Here is a flyer/poster you can put up for BTW Breakfasts!
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ECC Bike Plan Subcommittee
Our goal is to support Elm City Cycling's overall platform as it relates to all elements of physical infrastructure in the New Haven region. The BPS will work with a city advisory committee and others to implement and improve upon the city's official Plan for Greenways & Cycling Systems. We meet monthly to review committee members' research on topics that can help ECC develop positions on the regional transportation network, and to help ECC publicly advocate for specific improvements.
Current meeting time: 2nd Monday of every month, 7pm at New Haven City Hall 2nd Floor meeting rooms (immediately following main ECC meeting). Also, please join the bike plan's listserv to learn more.
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ECC Education Subcommittee
The Education Subcommittee advises the larger group on plans related to educational materials, school outreach programs and cyclist training events. For the past several years, ECC has planned numerous "bike jamborees" in communities throughout New Haven, and has also helped to produce informational materials such as brochures and bike maps (click here to access the city's bicycle map). Current efforts include planning additional public educational events and in-school curricula related to cycling.
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ECC Incorporation Subcommittee
This working group is currently researching ECC's organizational needs. In Fall 2007, the subcommittee conducted a detailed survey of local cyclists, which over 180 people responded to. Going forward, ECC is basing its agenda on the results of this survey. In Fall 2008, ECC became a registered nonprofit organization and applied for incorporation as a 501(c)3 organization. Stay tuned for more details!
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ECC LAB Accreditation Initiative
The City of New Haven has submitted an application to the League of American Bicyclists for recognition as a bicycle-friendly community. The League rates applicant-cities across the country and gives the best of them awards (platinum, gold, silver, bronze) for their achievements. ECC has been working on this application in partnership with the city, believing that the submittal process and the results will help set benchmarks for our community.
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ECC Traffic Enforcement Subcommittee
The Traffic Enforcement Subcommittee focuses on enforcement issues related to local police departments. Traffic enforcement has been identified as a major concern by ECC, and the group has met with local police officials to encourage dialogue between cyclists and public safety professionals, collect statistics, and lobby elected officials involved in drafting state traffic laws. In partnership with the New Haven and Yale police departments, the group now highlights ongoing initiatives during ECC's general meetings.
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ECC Neighborhood Initiative
Although ECC has been working directly with the City of New Haven on certain issues, we plan to do more outreach to neighborhood activists, homeowners, leaders, and elected officials. Doing this is important because ECC's goals and our neighborhoods' goals -- such as improving quality of life and safety for pedestrians and cyclists of all ages, getting better traffic enforcement at crosswalks and intersections, and improving the economic vibrancy of the city by encouraging more local trips by cyclists and pedestrians -- overlap to an enormous extent. Working with these groups to build our base of support (and vice versa) is critical if we want to influence city policy in a meaningful way. We are currently supporting the New Haven Safe Streets coalition, a coalition of neighborhood groups and elected officials advocating for safe, economically viable and livable streets.
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