Civility
ALL citizens are stakeholders in creating a more civil and cooperative roadway environment. The roads are the public space in our community where we all interact every day. The way we treat each other, the way we coexist in that space, affects the quality of our community and the quality of our lives.
The Civility Initiative began with a call for ideas to encourage active transportation. The call was made by the Winter Park Health Foundation as part of a healthscaping initiative. As a first step, the WPHF funded a social marketing research project conducted by Salter>Mitchell. Their research was guided by a coalition of citizens, advocates and law enforcement and completed in the fall of 2009.
In the coming year, Bike/Walk Central Florida will use the findings of that research to develop campaigns and programs aimed at enhancing civility on our roads.
More about this initative:
Think Act Be: Civility on the Road
Ecostreets: Alternative Transportation PR
The Gift of Peace and Coexistence
More about Civility:
Strategy for a Cyclist-Friendly Community
Fear, Intimidation and the Social Structures Beneath Them
Traffic, Civility and the Monkeysphere Effect
Traffic Civility Links and Resources:
COEXIST: Encouraging motorists and bicyclists to share the road in San Fransisco
StreetSmarts: A Public education campaign to change driver, pedestrian and bicyclist behavior
CivilityOutbreak: A Positive Social Virus!
LessTraffic.com: Reclaim our streets!
Neighborhood Pace Car Programs: Below are just a few examples of pace car programs—they are promoted by cities, neighborhood coalitions, bicycle organizations and pedestrian advocates… because they benefit EVERYONE in the community.