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From YouTube: This Week in Ames
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Members of the Ames Bicycle Coalition stop by Studio 16 to discuss bicycle safety in Ames.
A
A
B
A
To
be
here
well,
I
see
you
have
some
biking
gear
and
we
have
a
lot
of
biking
conversations
to
have.
But
first
just
let
me
tell
you
how
impressed
I
am
by
the
number
of
people.
I
see
biking
in
ames
biking,
making
the
commitment
to
biking
can
be
tricky
and
I
know.
You'd
have
some
great
tips
and
techniques
for
people
to
continue
that
yeah.
C
So
we're
members
and
aims
bicycle
coalition
here
in
ames,
and
this
is
a
group
that
advocates
bicycling
in
ames.
Over
the
last
year,
we've
been
very
active
in
participating
in
the
long-range
transportation
plan,
which
was
recently
approved
by
the
city,
and
we
continue
to
plan
on
being
involved
with
the
planning
aspects
in
ames
and
we
also
participate
a
lot
in
the
encouragement
aspect.
C
Our
big
event
on
the
last
couple
years
has
been
Bike
Month,
which
is
May
and
also
Bike
to
Work
Week
and
the
city
was
nice
enough
to
host
Bike
to
Work
Week,
breakfast
and
downstairs
of
city
hall
with
all
of
the
city
council
members,
and
that
was
really
great
way
for
the
city
to
encourage
bicycling
and
aims.
How.
C
The
group
is
was
formed
probably
about
two
and
a
half
or
three
years
ago,
and
two
of
the
original
founding
members
took
off
on
their
bicycles
this
summer
to
to
around
the
country
and
play
music,
and
a
couple
of
the
founding
members
are
still
here
in
town
and
remained
active
and
bicycling
advocacy
with
the
cities.
So
so.
A
A
lot
more
people
are
getting
involved
in
biking
and
I,
see
motivations
vary
from
being
very
committed
to
a
sustainable
lifestyle
to
the
economics
of
biking
versus
owning
a
vehicle
just
to
wanting
to
have
more
exercise.
Can
you
tell
me
about
a
little
bit
about
your
Viking
experience
and
what
motivates
you.
B
I've
been
biking
for
a
long
time
on
a
daily
basis,
and
that
was
started
because
I
couldn't
afford
a
vehicle,
but
I
would
say
that
probably
I
would
have
to
speculate.
You
know
ninety
ninety-five
percent
of
the
people
that
bike
also
do
have
a
vehicle
and
spiking
is
a
choice,
not
a
requirement
for
for
most
people
and
I.
B
Think
it
is
something
that
you
are
seeing
more
of
and,
as
you
say
there,
there
are
a
number
of
reasons
for
that
economics
being
one
exercise
being
another
I
think
a
concern
for
environmental
impact
being
another
piece
of
that
and
biking
is
just
particularly
in
ames.
You
know
it's
a
smallish
town
with
not
lots
of
steep
hills,
it's
very
convenient,
it's
an
easy
way
to
get
to
and
from
downtown
downtown
or
campus
or
wherever
you
need
to
need
to
go.
There.
C
So
my
dad
owned
a
bike
store
in
Sioux
Falls
South
Dakota
for
30
some
odd
years
and
I
was
active
in
that,
mostly
in
the
recreational
cycling.
Community
growing
up
I
moved
to
ames
about
11
years
ago
and
as
a
graduate
student
I
I
bike
to
campus.
You
know,
Steve
said
Ames,
isn't
a
big
city,
it's
very
compact
City.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
sprawl,
especially
you
know
if
you're
living
near
campus,
so
it
is
a
very
convenient
way
and
it's
very
cost
effective
way
to
commute
to
campus.
A
A
C
Absolutely
I
mean
just
with
the
student
population
increase
in
the
last
five
years.
You
know
we're
looking
at
seven
eight
thousand
additional
students
and
so
the
constraints
that
they
are
feeling
with
the
thyroid
capacity,
and
also
that
just
the
increase
in
the
student
population
close
to
campus.
It
makes
a
lot
of
sense
for
a
lot
of
those
people
to
bicycle
to
campus
on
a
regular
basis,
and
I
think
there
are
people
like
me
that
are
you
know,
employees
around
town
and
they're,
just
seeing
that
it
makes
more
sense.
C
You
know,
with
the
traffic
increases
with
the
vehicle
traffic
increases
that
cycling
around
town
is
often
easier
than
dealing
with
traffic,
and
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
We
have
a
lot
of
events
in
town,
you
know
such
as
tailgating
or
sport.
Other
sporting
events,
you
know
parades
community
events,
so
you
octagon
arts
festival
things
like
that
where
parking
is
extremely
limited
and
cycling
to
those
events
makes
a
lot
of
sense,
and
then
you
just
don't
have
to
worry
about
parking.
C
A
There's
a
lot
of
reasons
for
gadelle
to
want
to
bike.
One
of
those
sort
of
the
primary
concern.
I
think
of
every
biker
is
to
be
safe
and
motorists
sometimes
are
not
always
clear
on
how
they
can
best
help
biking
bikers
stay
safe.
So
what
are
some
of
the
things
that
you've
seen
as
sort
of
veteran
bikers
that
vehicles
do
right
and
things
that
they
could
improve
on
I?
Think.
B
You
know
a
pedestrian
this
coming
across
or
another
biker,
that's
coming
across
in
the
sidewalk
route.
That's
a
really
really
common.
One
I
think
I
think
the
long
and
short
really
comes
down
to
pay
attention
to
the
rules
of
the
road,
not
everybody
who
bikes
uses
the
road
I
tend
to
use
the
road
a
majority
of
the
time,
but
when
there's
a
good
pathway,
that's
pretty
well
connected
from
where
I
want
to
get
to
or
from
where
I'm
going
to.
B
C
But
but
right
now
you
know
Steve
mentioned
when
that
infrastructure
ends
and
you're
looking
for
a
path
to
additional
infrastructure,
or
you
have
to
take
a
you
know
into
the
street
or
whatever
making
sure
that
you
pay
attention
during
those
transitions
and
that
you
do
be
predictable.
You're,
not
you
know
hopping
on
and
off
the
sidewalk
to
avoid
pedestrians
or
to
avoid
parked
cars,
or
something
like
that
on
make
sure
you
can
stay
consistent
when
you're
on
your
bicycle.
C
Wouldn't
recommend
that
for
one
reason-
and
that
is
if
you're
not
always
so
visible
on
the
edge
of
the
road
and
a
person
in
a
car,
may
think
it's
safe
to
pass
you
when
you're
very
close
to
the
edge
of
the
road,
so
the
state
law
says
to
ride
as
far
right
as
practicable,
and
that
means
as
far
right
as
feasible,
but
it's
not
always
safe
for
you
to
be
as
far
far
right
as
you
can
be.
You
know
when
you're
riding
close
to
the
gutter.
There's
you
know,
sticks
and
debris.
C
Trash
potholes,
you
know,
got
our.
You
know
great
sand
in
the
gutters
or
whatnot,
and
so
for
you
to
suddenly
swerve
out
into
traffic.
To
avoid
something
like
that
that
can
present
a
hazard
when
you're
on
your
bicycle.
Another
thing
is:
motorists
may
think
it's
safe
to
pass
you
when
there's
oncoming
traffic
or
there's
parked
cars
on
on
the
other
side
of
the
street
and
that's
not
necessarily
a
safe
situation
either
so
ride
out
a
little
bit
further
from
the
curb
than
you
think
you
should
maybe
I
typically
like
to
ride.
A
A
B
I
think
one
a
big
challenge
for
different
types
of
vehicles,
bicycle
being
one
type
of
vehicle
motorists
being
another
type
of
vehicle,
is
the
disparity
in
speed.
You
know
a
bike,
obviously
can't
go
as
fast
as
a
car,
usually,
and
so
when
motorist
comes
up
behind
a
bicycle,
there's
a
tendency
to
want
to
get
around
it
and.
C
B
Know
fairly
short
order
and
that
can
create
a
hazard.
Obviously,
if
you
get
getting
impatient,
basically
and
again,
I
think
that
comes
back
to
just
be
focused
on
what
your
task
is.
You
know
if
you've
chosen
to
drive
somewhere,
you
know
okay,
follow
that
and
be
intelligent.
You
know
if
there's
a
bicycle
there.
Well,
that's
really
not
that
much
different
than
another
car
in
the
road.
In
terms
of
the
way
you
want
to
deal
with
it.
If
you
can
pass
it
say,
no
incidents,
so
bikes
go
sort
of
like
farm
equipment.
B
A
B
A
A
For
having
us,
if
you're
looking
at
your
calendar-
and
it
is
November,
remember,
there's
a
couple
of
dates
coming
up
at
the
city
of
Ames
that
you
should
know
about,
we
will
be
closed
on
thanksgiving
on
thursday
november
26th
and
the
day
after
that's
friday
november
27th.
Also,
we
have
yard
waste
free
days
coming
to
an
end.
We'll
have
the
last
few
yard
waste
free
days
on
saturday
november,
21st
and
saturday
december.
If
you'd
like
more
information
on
those
events,
you
can
find
them
on
our
website
at
city
of
ames
org.