tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post7624471714662198867..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Sunday Streets: More on Portland, Eugene, and Consumption than Creativity and Mobility in SalemSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-25200968564398954572014-09-09T12:16:29.006-07:002014-09-09T12:16:29.006-07:00Jessica, there are at least five B on B photos pos...Jessica, there are at least five B on B photos posted (though without photo credit or backlink, both of which alas are more difficult than they should be on FB) I'm happy to report! The most recent one I think is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/salemsundaystreets/photos/a.165869966937549.1073741829.163480563843156/294624720728739/?type=1" rel="nofollow">the bookmobile image here</a>.<br /><br />(As for the image on the right you point to, it's <i>my favorite from the whole event</i>, and in this post is <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-drive-throughs-in-downtown-historic.html" rel="nofollow">an image of bikes in front of the bank from 1891</a>. That continuity over more than a century is wonderful to me. Last year I told the family it was the favorite, but I did not know who took it. I thank you now. I love that picture.)<br /><br />It is important to note, and perhaps this wasn't clear, that the central point is much less about volunteers who have to make do with limited resources and more about the City's overall commitment. The City has put the event in a place where it has to rely on DIY spirit, and as wonderful as that is, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciclov%C3%ADa" rel="nofollow">ciclovia</a> movement is not a DIY event, even if it draws on some or a lot of DIY energy. The ciclovia movement is about municipalities making a clear value statement about active transportation. Street closures require City action and City support. As Curt's comment indicates, the City of Salem is not there yet.<br /><br />I don't mean to criticize volunteers who do the best they can. <br /><br />I do mean to criticize the City for not embracing a more extensive course of street closures, for putting too much of it in the lap of volunteers, for not helping the volunteers more, and for giving Corinne too little in the way of formal resources for support. I hope that's a meaningful distinction.<br /><br />In the face of such a small route, it's not surprising the event was more of a street fair, but what I long for is a real ciclovia.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-88986231481879161162014-09-09T11:04:45.175-07:002014-09-09T11:04:45.175-07:00It's an interesting take on the marketing. I w...It's an interesting take on the marketing. I was part of the first SSS and created the watercolor illustration to promote it the first time around (which included bikes, scooters, walkers and strollers). I also took the second image on the right of the header that features a family (one from our community that I adore) from the SSS in 2013. I never was paid and worked hard to promote something that had never happened in Salem before. The image from Eugene is actually a Salem family (transplant from Eugene) and I suspect the city used it since they didn't have more photos from the event in 2013. My suggestion is, if you want to see more local photos of salem and bikers, share them with the city. Corrine would have happily used those in the marketing of the event. Jessicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-2463108483584194532014-09-06T09:15:33.625-07:002014-09-06T09:15:33.625-07:00I presented the first draft of a SSS route to the ...I presented the first draft of a SSS route to the events committee. It was about 7 miles long and connected numerous neighborhoods and downtown. Staff from public works forcefully opposed it. Cliff Bash from public works even said "why can't you just use the sidewalk?" Along with a heavy dose of fear mongering about the traffic and parking issues it would create (in Salem on, Sunday) It was very clear that they just don't get it. They probably never will. Salem just seems to attract people with antiquated views toward transportation and they have big personalities that overwhelm anyone who suggests that the city they have engineered isn't working.<br /><br />Someone else presented an proposal for a parade before we presented and Cliff Bash told them they could use the same route around the capitol that SSS is using this year. The "marble ghetto" seems to be the default pen they just file people into.<br /><br />It was also obvious last year that zero effort was put into training staff or volunteers on even basic tasks like controlling intersections.Curtnoreply@blogger.com