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SVBC Advocacy
Transportation - Utilitarian - Recreation
Welcome to SVBC Advocacy
ACTION ALERTS! -- Protect the Spruce Knob/North Fork Trail, Comment on Virginia's Bike Plan, and VDOT bike funding programs at risk! your response is needed!
Working for a more bicycle friendly, sustainable and community oriented Harrisonburg and Shenandoah Valley.
SVBC is dedicated to creating a safer transportation and recreational environment for cyclists in Harrisonburg and surrounding Shenandoah Valley. SVBC’s 300+ members (and growing) represents citizens of all ages and lifestyle from neighborhoods throughout Harrisonburg and the surrounding Shenandoah Valley. We are working towards more safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly ways to move around our city and the valley through partnerships with local government agencies and community organizations.
Come inside and explore our site to learn more about we do and what YOU can do. Then please join us and get involved!
SVBC Goals
SVBC is dedicated to the implementation of the Harrisonburg Bicycle Plan and the development of a specific Rockingham County Bicycle Plan. Currently SVBC is working hard (and needs your support) on the following specific projects.
City of Harrisonburg Bicycle Plan
The City of Harrisonburg has had a bicycle plan since 1994 but the implementation of this plan has not been easy or fast. With more citizen involvement SVBC hopes to make the new 2010 City Bicycle Plan a reality.
www.harrisonburgva.gov/bikeped
Rockingham County Bicycle Plan.
Currently Rockingham County or the HRMPO (Harrisonburg Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization) do not have a specific bike plan. The County is part of the CSPDC (Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission) which has a regional bike plan. See the CSPDC website for information on the work of this organization which includes www.bikethevalley.org. The county is also a member of the HRMPO (Harrisonburg Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization). The FY11 Unified Planning Work Program adopted May 2010 by the HRMPO includes a new study, the beginning of an HRMPO wide bike plan. See the HRMPO website for information on the work of this organization. The SVBC believes there is a need for a comprehensive and coordinated bike planning and implementation in the HRMPO and Rockingham County areas. For more information on this topic contact Travis Layman: dtlayman@msn.com
SVBC Advocacy Success
SVBC has had many great successes, especially in the past five years. We will only find greater success if we all work together, under one cycling advocacy organization, to help make our goals a reality.
- Main St. Bike Lanes
- The first phase of the Main Street bike lanes were painted in August 2010. This was also the first project completed as part of the new 2010 Harrisonburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. This first phase of the Main Street bike lanes go from Miller Circle to Cantrell Avenue. In the near future SVBC hopes to work with the City to extend the Main Street bike lanes both North and South.
- Chicago Ave Path
- This is the first piece of the EMU to Downtown connector. The path help folks navigate from Graystone Drive to Dogwood Drive without having to travel on Chicago Ave. This path was finished in the spring of 2007
- Port Republic bicycle lanes
- Being part of the planning process for the Port Republic Road expansion was vital to making sure VDOT and the City of Harrisonburg included bike lanes to the City’s eastern limit. The bike lane and path should be finished by spring of 2010.
- Arboretum multi user path
- Working with JMU, City of Harrisonburg and Stone Gate Apartments, SVBC pushed and help get this ½ path open to bikes. This path is a vital connector for JMU students and local citizens connecting the Neff Ave bike to University Boulevard. After years of waiting the path was finished to Neff Ave in summer of 2008.
- Design, Implementation and Construction of the Rocktown Trails
- One of SVBC most successful stories was the development as well as continued maintenance and construction of the “Rocktown Trails” as Hillandale Park. This 3.5 mile (and growing) multi user off road trail system is a hit for all levels of mountain bikers, trail runners and hikers. Visit the City Park (make link) website and SVBC Trails Page (make link) for more information.
- Westover Path
- SVBC believes every neighborhood should be safely connected to a local park, the Westover Path provides this safe connection. At the end of Elmwood Drive this path connects the Dogwood neighborhood to Westover path with out having to get on Dogwood Drive.
- Safer Railroad Track Crossing on South Main Street and Country Club
Road:
SVBC worked with the Norfolk Southern RR Company and City of Harrisonburg to create a safer crossing to the two most dangerous RR tracks crossings in the City of Harrisonburg. The project was completed in the fall of 2009.
SVBC Current Projects
SVBC is currently working on the following projects. We need your support and fellow citizens to help push they project forward. Are you willing to help?
- One Mile Challenge Campaign
- SVBC along with the Gas Tax Group and the New Community Project and promoting the Harrisonburg One Mile Challenge. Check it out and sign up now!
- Fixing City of Harrisonburg Drainage Grates
- Currently SVBC is working with the City Council and Staff to fix/replace the existing drainage grates that are a hazard to cyclist. If you know of one please let us know!!
Links to Advocacy Organizations and Local Resources
Valuable information for bicycle advocacy is spread throughout these links ... go get deep in the World Wide Web.
Local Bike Shops
- East Coast Bicycle Academy - 1094 College St., Harrisonburg, VA 22802 - 540.433.3031
- Mark's Bike Shop
- Mole Hill Bikes - 440 Main St., Dayton, VA 22821 - 540.879.2011
- Shenandoah Bicycle Company - 135 South Main St., Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801, 540.437.9000
- Wyse Cycles: Mobile Bike Shop - 540.383.4119
Regional Bike Clubs and websites
- Everyday Bikes - Promotes commuter biking for the Harrisonburg community and helps people with low or no income get bicycles to use as inexpensive, reliable, and pollution-free transportation.
- City of Harrisonburg Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan
- Harrisonburg/Rockingham Healthy Community Council
- Harrisonburg Sustainability Summits
- Bike the Valley
- Shenandoah Mountain Touring
- VA Bicycle Federation
- Peninsula Bicycling Association
- Winchester Wheelmen
- Richmond Area Bicycling Association
- Reston Bicycle Club
- Potomac Pedalers Touring Club, Inc.
- Queen City Cycling Club (Staunton, VA)
- Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club
National Resources
- People for Bikes
- Adventure Cycling Association
- Bikes Belong
- Bike for Peace
- Cliff Bar Two Mile Challenge
- League of American Bicyclist
- One World Two Wheels
- International Mountain Bike Association - If you're not a member, you should be!
- The One Mile Challenge
The Alliance for Biking & Walking, formerly known as Thunderhead Alliance, is the North American coalition of grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. We unite advocacy leaders to help them become more effective by sharing best practices and innovations. We strengthen organizations through resource sharing and training opportunities. We help advocates create organizations in underserved communities. Alliance organizations are working together to transform communities into great places to bike and walk.- Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocacy Resource Library
- Green Light Ride
