I am president of the Druid City Bicycle Club and an avid cyclist and runner. Cycling adds so much to a community, including fostering a more healthy and active environment. There is no better example of this than the positive national press we have received from hosting the NCAA and USAT Triathlon championships here the last 4 years. Tuscaloosa has much to offer, and creating a positive and healthy environment must be part of this FORWARD moving process.

Traveling around the country, I have been fortunate to visit several communities that value cycling and other alternatives to motorized traffic. Both Portland, Oregon and Boulder,Colorado have outstanding plans for making their communities more healthy by making bicycle paths and lanes an essential part of all city planning. Here is a link to the process Boulder employed. I hope you will LISTEN to what other forward thinking communities have done and implement that in Tuscaloosa. We will all benefit from that.

Thank you. http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10331&Itemid=2973