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Walk 'n' Roll In-Depth is an editorial collection delivered to you featuring articles,
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What a Year It's Been... Local Motion's 2014 Top Ten!
Wow! It's been a great year for walking and biking. Communities across Vermont are becoming great places to walk and bike, thanks in part to Local Motion's 1,700+ members, 350+ volunteers, and tens of thousands of collaborators across Vermont.
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Businesses and community destinations across Chittenden County install over 75 new bike racks with help from Local Motion, and our Valet Bike Parking service helps 5,000 people ride instead of drive to community events in Burlington.
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Essex Junction and Town adopt an innovative shared walk-bike master plan that -- at Local Motion's suggestion -- maps out two complementary networks: one for experienced cyclists and another for new bike riders
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VTrans joins with the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission to support the statewide expansion of Local Motion's bike commuter workshops, with a focus on practical biking skills for everyone...
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Public Meeting for VTrans On-Road Bike Plan Rescheduled
 As many of you are aware, the first public meeting for the statewide VTrans On-Road Bicycle Plan was cancelled due to the massive snowstorm that swept through Vermont, leaving the state a winter wonderland. The public meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 7th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM statewide.
This is your opportunity to tell VTrans which state roads are most important for bicycling! The time change from an evening to an afternoon meeting may not be ideal for many of you who are at work during the day. But don't worry -- there are many ways to participate and make your voice heard...
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VTrans Laying the Foundations for Multimodal Road System
 All this fall, VTrans has been quietly working with Smart Growth America and a handful of partners to map out a plan for revising Vermont's road design standards. The road design standards are what define how our roads are built, repaired, and maintained, and they haven't seen a complete overhaul in 20 years.
Sound kinda boring? Actually, this rewrite is just about the most important thing to happen to walking and biking in Vermont in a long time! The focus of the rewrite is on supporting and advancing a multimodal transportation system: one where walking, biking, taking the bus, carpooling, and other sustainable options are easy, safe, and convenient. From placement of transit stops to maintenance of bike lanes to design of crosswalks, VTrans is taking a hard look at every line of what is effectively the bible for everyone from VTrans maintenance crews to town public works staff..
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South End PlanBTV Getting Creative with Community Engagement
 The City of Burlington's South End PlanBTV is going all out to make planning for a vibrant South End a fun, engaging, and (sometimes) wacky experience. We love the bike rack that artist Tyler Vendituoli has installed in front of SEABA! Here's how he described it:
"The bike rack represents to me a serious topic posed in the form of a joke," Vendituoli says. "The serious topic is that of parking and more specifically the lack of parking in the South End. By the time the people who work here park, there isn't space left for clients or customers to find a spot. I feel like I get an email from work once a month reminding us where its ok to park and when."
[Read the full story (and watch a cool video) here]
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Calling All Winter Riders: Submit Your Best Photos and Win!
 Are you into bikes and photography? Do you want to inspire other folks to decide to ride in the winter? Do you want to win awesome prizes? If the answer is YES to all three questions, you need to enter Local Motion's winter bike photo contest!
We'll have random drawings every month, with prizes of bike bells, bike lights, panniers, and more! Come late winter, YOU will choose our grand prize winner from a selection of the best photos submitted.
The Grand Prize: a $250 customized winter bike makeover! We'll give you a list of goodies, and you can choose from the list. Options include studded tires, goggles, bar mitts, lights, panniers and more!
[Read the contest instructions here]
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