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Bicycle Friendly State Rankings: 2011
Every year, the League of American Bicyclists issues a report card ranking each state on it’s level of “Bicycle Friendliness.”
This year Mississippi received a ranking of 35.
Report Card:
- B in Legislation
- F in Policies & Programs
- F in Infrastructure
- B in Education & Encouragement
- F in Evaluation & Planning
- C in Enforcement
What will Mississippi do in order to raise our ranking?
Bike Walk Mississippi is and has been working hard to improve the funding, infrastructure, enforcement, legislation, policies/programs, education and planning. As with the previous years, the overall scoring was very close, with the separation of many states being the difference of just a few items. We are currently devising a detailed action plan that will focus specifically on the areas in which we received an F. Because of the League’s renewed focus on federal aid programs along with the last round of budgetary rescissions many states lost points in the Infrastructure category. This is tied to how Mississippi’s transportation funding and how tied it is to bike-friendly programs. We are also happy to report that we have a great resource at our disposal, the League’s State and Local Advocacy Coordinator (and Tupelo native) is Bike Walk Mississippi’s newest Board member! We see the ranking as an opportunity and an amazing tool for self-evaluation and will use this to move forward together as a State. We are working closely with the League, MDOT’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator and others to develop and implement our strategy for 2012.
Read more about the State Rankings HERE.
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