New bike lanes coming to Chesterfield, after work by effective local advocate in Trailnet's Bike Walk Ambassador program- Trailnet

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Our Chesterfield Walk Bike Ambassador, Patty Szymkowicz, read in her local paper about an upcoming re-paving project on a county road she knew well. The project description mentioned nothing about bike lanes, which concerned Patty because she knew of important connections from this county road for people on bikes, including the Monarch Levee Trail. . . . The good news is that, shortly after Patty began asking questions, the county did a traffic study and decided to install bike lanes on the road. . . .

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New bike lanes coming to Chesterfield, after work by effective local advocate in Trailnet's Bike Walk Ambassador program- Trailnet

MoBikeFed comment: This is a great example of how important local advocacy is, how much difference one person can make in their local community, and the importance of programs that train and support local advocates, like Trailnet's Walk/Bike Ambassador's program.

You can find out more about Trailnet's Walk/Bike Ambassador program here:

http://trailnet.org/2015/09/01/trailnet-to-expand-advocacy-with-bikewalk...