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Bike-Walk Alliance of NH ==
Credits
-- with thanks from the BWA-NH
New Hampshire Department of Transportation
The BWA-NH wishes
to express thanks to Tom Jameson and Jerry Moore of the NH Department of Transportation
Bicycle-Pedestrian Program for their continued moral support to help the BWA-NH
become a reality. As a new (in late 2004) bicycling advocacy organization in
New Hampshire, having their encouragement to help us see the "big picture"
and make connections with other state agencies has been invaluable. We look
forward to a great years ahead on many bicycling projects with the continued
support of the folks at NH DOT.
New Hampshire Department of Safety, Department of Motor Vehicles
Starting with an
introduction by NH DOT in 2003, the founders of the BWA-NH developed some excellent
contacts in the NH DOS/DMV with the results being displayed during 2004. The
NH Drivers Manual section on bicycling was updated and 25 bicycling-related
questions were added to the computerized drivers exam database. In April 2004,
the NH DOT, NH DOS, and the GSW assembled and presented a PowerPoint slide show
at the Tri-State Transportation Safety Conference in Concord. On the same day,
the first-ever NH Bike Summit was held as a follow-on event. Hearing and seeing
what our neighboring states have been doing for cycling by working with their
state-wide bicycling advocacy groups helped us solidify the concept of creating
the BWA-NH. Special thanks must go to Officer Bill Whitcher, Officer Russ Bailey,
and Director Virginia Beecher of the NH DOS/DMV and Lou Barker of the NH DOT
for helping us pull everything together in 2004.
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Two representatives
from the NH DHHS serve on the Bike-Ped Education Outreach Committee and have
been very helpful toward promoting the goals of the BWA-NH. In addition to direct
committee projects, Regina Flynn and Stacey Smith invited the BWA-NH to attend
several informative satellite broadcasts of bike-ped support topics and arranged
meeting space for the committee meetings in their DHHS building. We wish to
thank Regina, Stacey, and others within the DHHS for their on-going support.
Seacoast Area Bike Routes
The Bicycle and
Pedestrian Transportation Advisory Board is chaired by Scott Bogle of the Seacoast
Area Bike Routes (SABR)
advocacy organization in Exeter. Scott has not only done a great job directing
the committee but he has been an active advocate of the GSBA goals. Scott's
involvement has been very productive along with SABR's leader, Cameron Wake.
Via the BWA-NH, the accomplishments of SABR will be publicized and enhanced
for the benefit of all communities in New Hampshire.
Web site design
In an effort to
start fulfilling the original goals of the BWA-NH at minimal cost, this web
site design was "borrowed" from our friends of the Massachusetts Bicycle
Coalition (MassBike). We
wish to publically thank them for allowing us to copy some of their web site
layout. We may have a whole new web site the BWA-NH once time and funding are
available. If error or broken links are found, please email dave@bwanh.org.
And more credits to come soon!
Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive during these early years of the BWA-NH. We see a lot to do and have many ideas. Now we are entering the implementation phase of our 501c3 organization. As we continue having the support of many organizations and develop sponsorships, we should be able to accomplish many good things for the NH bicycling community.
