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The City of Venice is recognized as a Silver Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.
The Bike League’s Bicycle Friendly America program provides advocates and change makers with a roadmap and hands-on assistance to build places more welcoming to people who bike. The BFA program is a tool for states, communities, businesses, and universities to make bicycling a real transportation and recreation option for all people and it recognizes those doing it well.
Much more than an awards program, the BFA program is making biking better for cyclists across the country.
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Sets standards for what constitutes a real bicycling culture and environment.
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Affects decisions on how communities, businesses, universities, and states grow.
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Inspires action, involvement, and coordination among people who want to improve conditions for bicyclists.
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Guides progress by acting as a roadmap for what communities, businesses, universities, and states should do next.
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Rewards persistence as people respond to feedback, make changes, and come back again and again to get recognition.
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Raises expectations as to what is expected and involved in making a great place for bicycling.
The program is awarded for a four-year term. These five categories are covered in the application process; Equity & Accessibility, Engineering, Education, Encouragement, and Evaluation & Planning. The City of Venice recently submitted their application for the 2024-2028 cycle and we need your input. Please take the time to complete the BFC Public Survey; it will remain open until Oct. 15.
If your business would like to learn more about the program, including benefits and qualifications, click here. For help with your BFB application, please contact our Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinator.
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