During the year, we testified regularly at the monthly GUAMPO Technical Advisory Committee meetings, a regional government transportation project funding body, as well as at several City Council meetings, for improvements to bikeways, crosswalk treatments, and funding priorities.  We also actively participated at every quarterly City/MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting, developing constructive and friendly relationships with staff planners and engineers.  Our efforts helped in adding over 11 miles of new city bike lanes.  Bikesboro is especially proud that in July, with the help of various city bike shops, we got over 120 area bicyclists to sign a petition demanding new bike lanes on Hill Street in central Greensboro, which lead to GDOT to add the lanes on the popular bike street that they were not otherwise planning to do.

   As part of our bicycle facility advocacy, on February 17th we met with Daniel Amstutz of GDOT for a bike tour of a City Council funded and approved 2016 Participatory Budgeting bikeway in the Fisher Park and A&T areas.  In March, we advocated at a GUAMPO public open house for long-term bike improvements and sent a letter in critique of the MPO, asking for voting seats on the TCC and TAC bodies, as well as creating a new city transportation advisory board.  We participated in the May 5th Open Streets event.  We also conducted a "Celebrating the Bike Lanes" public event ride on Friday May 19th, with an 8-mile loop on new city facilities, as part of the official National Bike Week events in Greensboro.  On April 5th, Bikesboro's David Hampsten helped represent Greensboro at the annual all-day NCBikeWalk legislative rally in Raleigh NC.  On June 6th, City Council appointed him to a 3-year seat on the Greensboro Transit Authority Board, for District 3, through August 2020.  Also in June, Bikesboro members met with the executives of LimeBike Inc bike share, and convinced them to hire Matt Phillips as their local bike program manager.  In the fall, we also gave input at various public meetings related to the Downtown Greenway and A&Y Trail projects.

   In August, Bikesboro members, with UNCG Professor Mark Schulz, began a project to help transform Gate City Boulevard into a bike- and pedestrian-friendly corridor, by presenting a poster to faculty and students at the August 16th Welcome Back event. Several UNCG students, faculty, and staff, along with several community members, have since participated in various project meetings. Bikesboro has also applied for the UNCG Eco Fund grants for the project.

   In December, Greensboro voters approved 4 projects in the city 2017 Participatory Budgeting process that were nominated by Bikesboro: $15,000 for bike racks at two areas on Battleground in District 3 and $29,370 for pedestrian crossings for District 4, at Elam & Spring Garden and Muirs Chapel/Spring Garden at Market.

   Bikesboro actively encourages all community members to advocate for more improvements for bicycling, walking, and transit, including by participating in local events.  Thanks!