ats14- it’s not just fun and games – women on bikes: targeting specific audiences for effective...

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Women often make more of a household’s trips, yet women make half the number of bicycle trips that men do. Women are often referred to as the ‘indicator species’ when it comes to determining how accessible bicycle is in a community. How to get more women biking, enjoying it and feeling safe and confident? Marketing and campaigns directed specifically at women can help. Effective programs and marketing engage people and lead people to make different transportation choices. They can provide a huge ‘bang for the buck,’ if done well and can lead to lasting change. But it’s not easy to shift public perception or change habits. What is the secret? What can programs, marketing and campaigns for active transportation learn from recent research and commercial marketing to be more effective? How do you avoid preaching to the choir and reach diverse audiences in meaningful ways? Do programs and marketing that target specific audiences, such as women and women of color have better results? Walk away from this session knowing the top 5 things needed for effective programs and marketing and a solid return on investment argument for funding programs and marketing, and a toolkit.

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Free Clinics

• Bike fit• Gear • Route planning• Laws • Shop by bike• Shifting• Flat tire repair• Maintenance• Winter riding• 1.5 to 3 hours

Be Your Own Champion

• Parts of a bicycle and how they operate

• Basic upkeep• Flat tire repair• 3 hours• Hands on practice

Presenter
Presentation Notes
The maintenance clinic has the highest attendance with about 35 women at each clinic.   They bring their own bikes to work on.  I have a local shop mechanic talk about the different parts of a bike and how they work.  What type of basic maintenance to do in order to upkeep their bikes, and then we demonstrate flat tire repair. The women then go out, flip their bikes over and start practicing.  

Guided Bike Rides

• 5-12 miles• Bike handling skills• Difficult intersections• Fun and social• Hands on experience

Presenter
Presentation Notes
The rides are a chance for the women to practice riding skills, such as navigating with traffic, gear shifting, and starting back up from a stop.   When designing the rides I promote the bike lanes and boulevards, multi-use paths, and places of interest like local businesses, parks, libraries, heritage trees, public art, and community gardens. One of the things the women love is the casualness of the rides: there is a lot of chatting going on, laughter, even singing and cheerleading.

Ho w wo uld yo u d e scrib e yo urse lf a s a b ike rid e r?

9% 1%

41%

49%

Strong and Fearless - I willride on any street

Enthused and Confident - Ilike to ride but only on lowtraffic streets or in bike lanes

Interested but Concerned - Iwould ride more but amscared to be on the street

Not interested in riding

How o fte n d o yo u rid e ?

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None 1-2 days a week 3-5 days a week everyday

Why d o yo u rid e ?

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health/fitness errands commute towork

social set a goodexample

ride with apartner

B a rrie rs to B ic yc lin g

Barriers to Bicycling

0 25 50 75 100

Time & Distance

Weather

Safety

Infrastructure

Kids

Other

Clothes & Gear

Convienence

Riding Buddy

Facilities

Topography

Health

Number of Responses

Types of Rides Wanted

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Types of Clinics Wanted

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quick tune-ups

derailleur fixes

brake pads/cables/housing

hands-on flat tire

bike touring

hill climbing

laws

winter riding

shop by bike

shifting

cyclocross

commuting

road racing

learn how to ride a bike

track racing

bike train at school

Janis McDonald

City of Portland, Women on Bikes

janis.mcdonald@portlandoregon.gov

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