Councilmen:

by Tom Ingledew
Current President

April 2002

As the current president of the Chattanooga Bicycle Club I represent approximately 230 plus riding members. In a perfect world the club officers would have liked all 230 plus members and their friends to attend the Chattanooga Bicycle Task Force and Bicycle Master Plan Public Meetings. Many of our members are raising families and have careers. Those of us who are retired were able to attend these meetings. The information from these meetings was discussed at our monthly club meetings and in our monthly newsletter publication “Tail Wind”.

One of the initial projects discussed provides for a North/South, East/West corridor. The people will have safe bike lanes and an alternative means of transportation. Less vehicular traffic equals less air pollution.

I retired from the smog capital of the U.S., Los Angeles. I moved to Ringgold, GA in February 1992. At that time the skies were clear and there was minimal traffic, as well as almost non existent trash. Approximately 5 years later the skies are not clear, the traffic is gridlock at times and trash is everywhere. There has been a continuous exodus from the Chattanooga area to N. Georgia for many reasons.

Our club’s goal is to support the evolving projects from the Bicycle Master Plan and to grow N. GA and Chattanooga into a bike friendly community. This will draw tourism to our area. The Mayor supports the Bicycle Master Plan and we request your support.

Sincerely yours,
Tom Ingledew
President, CBC
706/861-7281

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