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SPIN 2015: More Than Just A Bike
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PROMOTE . EDUCATE . ADVOCATE
The Evolving Bicycle
Ecosystem Around Suburban

Troyer Group
Transportation and Landscape Architecture
in collaboration with
Friends of Granger Paths
2015 Indiana Bike Summit:
The Evolving Bicycle Ecosystem Around
Suburban Communities
Indianapolis, Indiana
Spring 2015

AGENDA OBJECTIVES
1. Discuss the systemic relationship of trail
networks to the health of bedroom
communities
2. Learn performance indicators that
demonstrate value and viability
3. Explore tactics to increasing funding for trail
networks
4. Develop fluency in active living by design
strategies including: awareness, advocacy,
and activism

ANALYSIS : A Brief History of the Suburbs

INTRODUCTION
A Brief History of the
Suburban Landscape
1. Impacts on
Community/Urban
Design
1. Function
2. Health
2. Contemporary Needs
of Subdivisions
1. Human Centered
Design
2. Opportunities for
Activity

INTRO: A Brief History of the Suburbs

INTRO : A Brief History of the Suburbs

INTRO : A Brief History of the Suburbs
“The ‘Burbs”
1. Impacts on
Community/Urban
Design
1. Function
2. Health
of Subdivisions
1. Human Centered
Design
Activity

DESIGN FOR ACTIVE LIVING
“The ‘Burbs”
1. Impacts on
Community/Urban
Design
1. Function
2. Health
of Subdivisions
1. Human Centered
Design
Activity

DESIGN FOR ACTIVE LIVING
KEY OBSERVATIONS
1. Pedestrian Oriented
1. Increasing
Opportunities for active
recreation
2. Scale
2. Connecting People to
Place
1. Visually
2. Physically
3. Changing the Metrics
1. Economics
2. More than just how far
3. Coverage
4. Spurring growing

BUILDING THE NARRATIVE

KEY OBSERVATIONS
1. Awareness
1. Inform: Discovering
bikeways and
introducing people to
projects
2. Engage and increase
exposure
3. Energize: Continued
involvement and
forward progress
2. Case Study: Adams
Trail – Granger, IN.

Summer 2004: Group
inspired by Councilman
Dale Devon meetings with
public
• 7 of 15 residents at
meeting want sidewalk
connections to schools and
library for children
7 Residents ask
Councilman Devon to ask
to build sidewalk
improvements for
community.
• St. Joseph County does
not have regulations
requiring sidewalks and
parks in developments
• For government support
community must show:
– Interest from public
– Real need
CASE STUDY: Adams Trail

September 2004: First
public meeting
• 89 public meetings held
since
• Early meetings focused
on meeting public
officials and learning
guidelines
– County
– State
– Federal

February 2005: Survey /
Questionnaire for
Community interest in
multi-use paths
• Presented by
committee at local
businesses, library and
Home Owners
Associations
• Received
approximately 200
responses in two week
period
– 2% No
– 4% Not
Sure
– 94% Yes

May 2005: Began work
on Path Master Plan
• Worked with Ball State
University’s College of
Architecture and
Planning
– Meet with government
agencies
– Meet with Granger
residents
– Reviewed FGP
Survey/Questionnaire
– Conducted land survey
August 2005: Ball State’s
Master Plan presented

2005 FGP website
• Vision Statement
• Path Master Plan
• Contact information
Initial Transportation
Enhancement (TE)
Grant application
• Developed
relationships with
government agencies
– St. Joseph County
Engineering
– Michiana Area
Council of
Governments
(MACOG)
• Highly competitive
– Applied 5 times

May 2006: 1st Granger
Paths 5k Run/Walk
• Staged at Harris
Township Library
• Over 200 participants
• Grown to over 800
participant in 2014
• Has become an annual
event
• Information presented
– FGP’s vision
– Master Plan
– Petition, to be
included in County’s
Master Transportation
Plan

2008: Initial Safe
Routes to School
(SRTS) Grant
Application
Raised $45,000 prior to
receiving any grant
money
December 2009:
Awarded Federal TE
funding
2008: Initial Safe
Routes to School
(SRTS) Grant
Application

December 2009:
Awarded Federal TE
funding
May 2010:
• Kicked off Capital
Campaign “Get Up &
Go”
• Contracted with The
Troyer Group (TTG)
– Design and
coordinate
development of
Adams Trail Phase
1A
October 2010: Awarded
Federal Safe Routes
(SRTS) to School
funding

16 news articles since
2005 in:
• Granger Gazette
• South Bend Tribune
• Inside Granger
• Local television stations
Community outreach:
• Presented plan at
– Home Owner
Association Meetings
– Parent Teacher
Organizations
– Knollwood Health
Fairs
– University Park Mall
Health and Fitness
Fair
– Bike to Work Week
– Bike Michiana
Hospice Ride

700 members on e-mail
distribution list
Phase 1 Financial
contributions of
$150,000
– 145 businesses
– 8 foundations
– Local residents
– Children at Mary
Frank Elementary
School ($800)
– Children at
Northpoint
Elemenary School
($800)

KEY OBSERVATIONS
1. Advocacy
1. Interacting with
policymakers – from
each level of
government
2. “Make Me Care”:
Raising the profile
3. Energize: Continued
involvement and
forward progress
2. Case Study: LaSalle
Trail, South Bend, Indiana

KEY OBSERVATIONS
1. Entrepreneurial
Activism
1. How does benefitting
others ultimately
benefit us?
2. Difficult to fund trails
where there is a high
need

KEY OBSERVATIONS
1. Fund Raising
1. Surviving as volunteer
efforts
2. The hardships of
maintaining that effort

SUMMARY
MOVING FORWARD
1. The Engaged Designer
1. The job is not over after
design
2. Spearheading planning
and funding
3. The hardships of
maintaining that effort
2. Integrated,
Collaborative, Diverse
Teams
1. Value beyond bike
enthusiasts
2. Common missions

SUMMARY

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