Backup Documents 03/10/2015 Item # 4D PROCLAMATION D
WHEREAS, bicycling plays an important role in the lives of millions of Floridians by providing an
alternative and economical means of transportation to work, school, shopping, parks, and
promotes tourism; and
WHEREAS, bicycle usage promotes health and wellness and helps to encourage citizens to develop
habits of physical activity to become or stay fit; and
WHEREAS, the riding of bicycles provide an alternate and economical means of transportation to
work, thus increasing access to employment, and increased bicycle usage can he/p provide
mobility for those without access to a motor vehicle, and increases existing rood and
parking capacities when people choose bicycling for utilitarian trips, reducing the number
of automobiles on the road; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation and many local governments throughout the
state have adopted goals and policies to develop a multimodal transportation system that
supports transportation alternatives, including the bicycle, and encourages the use of
bicycles for transportation on Florida's roadways; and,
WHEREAS, roadway safety for vulnerable road users, including bicyclists, has been elevated to a
critical priority by the Florida Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, Naples Pathways Coalition is a non-profit advocacy group working for a fully integrated
transportation network of sidewalks, bike lanes, and multi-use pathways to be used by
bicyclists, pedestrians, and other non-motorized users throughout Naples and Collier
County; and,
WHEREAS, Naples Pathways Coalition is working with county and state agencies to educate bicyclists
and motorists to observe all traffic laws and share the road to improve cycling conditions
on the roadways;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that March be designated as
BICYCLE AWARENESS AND SAFETY MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS .10th Day of March
^�) Il_ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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.�/�; COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
1.0110w � TIM NANCE, CHAIRMAN