WE BIKE, etc.

 

Here’s what a few of our clients are saying…

 

The Capital District Transportation Committee contracted with WE BIKE twice; once for the full Continuum of Bicycle and Pedestrian Training for Law Enforcement and again for a follow-up two day training course. Both times we were extremely impressed with the professionalism, knowledge and commitment we received. Peter and his staff worked with us to bridge the gap between traditional transportation planning and enforcement agencies. The new partnerships developed as a result of WE BIKE’s work are having a tremendous effect on bicycle and pedestrian safety in the Capital Region.

 

It truly was a pleasure working with WE BIKE and would recommend them for any bicycle or pedestrian related project.

 

Jason Purvis
Senior Transportation Planner
Capital District Transportation Committee
Albany, New York

 

Peter has proven to be an invaluable asset to our efforts to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety in New Orleans. His extensive knowledge of traffic laws and attention to detail resulted in the creation of a workshop and a variety of support materials modeled after the successful program he crafted for Wisconsin. 

 

Additionally, his background in law enforcement provided an understanding of law enforcement culture that was essential in establishing effective relationships with our local police jurisdictions. We look forward to continued collaboration with WE BIKE, etc. in building and strengthening our pedestrian and bicycle safety efforts.

 

Dan Jatres
Regional Planning Commission
Pedestrian and Bicycle Programs
New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Peter Flucke was extremely responsive to our needs, including a change in schedule to accommodate an opportunity with one of the police departments. He has a great grasp of the material and delivered trainings that educated and motivated. Based on early response to the training opportunity it was clear that influencing PDs would be more challenging than anticipated and Peter boosted his effort to reach our audiences. 

 

WE BIKE worked with us to build more extensive evaluation into the program and this helped to provide us with the accountability we need. One of our outcomes is a tool box that will be very useful as we continue to build the enforcement aspect of our project.

 

WE BIKE is a valuable provider of the public safety training that will help make communities more bikeable and walkable.

 

Joan Pasiuk

Program Director

Bike Walk Twin Cities

 

Peter worked with our program to create a training that met the specific needs of our officers and the unique environment in which they work. My experience with him has been nothing but positive, and the feedback from training attendees was overwhelmingly positive.

 

Brigit E. Brown
State Trails Coordinator
Wisconsin State Park System

 

We’ve had the great pleasure of working with Peter Flucke of WE BIKE, etc. on a local bicycle safety collaboration in Dane County, Wisconsin. Peter’s focus is getting the work done well and meeting his client’s objectives, stated and unstated. He has a capacity to bridge cultures in our case, that of the bicycling community and law enforcement and to bring about effective change.

 

Thanks to Peter’s effective leadership, we accomplished a great deal during the course of our one-year project. Accomplishments include production of two high-quality television public service announcements, a cadre of police officers from agencies across our county trained and mobilized to enforce bicycle safety laws, and expanded engagement of the bicycling community in efforts to educate bicyclists on traffic safety laws.

 

Peter is an asset to any bicycling safety effort.

 

Cheryl Wittke
Executive Director
Safe Community Coalition, Madison, Wisconsin

 

Thank you for the trail safety assessment work that you did for the Brown County Parks Department on the Fox River and Mountain-Bay State Recreational Trails. Your report is well-organized, thorough and provides insights and recommendations that will help our department maintain a safe, enjoyable experience for our trail users.

 

I thought you did a very good job putting together the media packet – I’ll feel better able to express the facts and realities of trail safety issues. The trail safety survey was also complete with a number of good suggestions to make the trail safer. Sometimes as managers we become so familiar with the trail that we fail to look at it from new angles and perspectives! It will be a great “punch list” for our trail rangers to tackle this season.

 

I think you’ve accomplished our goals as outlined in the contract. I appreciate your efforts and have enjoyed working with you on the project.

 

Doug Hartman
Assistant Parks Director
Brown County Parks Department, Wisconsin

 

Recently the La Crosse County Health Department partnered with the School District of La Crosse to bring the expertise of Peter Flucke of WE BIKE, etc., to La Crosse, Wisconsin to offer a 2-day intense bicycle education training to physical education staff.

 

The purpose of this training was to provide educators with the knowledge, skills, and tools to feel comfortable incorporating bicycle education into their classroom.

 

In working with Mr. Flucke to plan the training it became evident that his dedication, knowledge, and experience surpassed our expectations. Mr. Flucke also assisted with individual meetings with local law enforcement agencies to discuss bicycle and pedestrian related issues and we found the experience will enhance our County’s efforts to promote safety of bicycles and pedestrians of all ages. WE BIKE was a pleasure to work with and we look forward to continuing the relationship in the future.

 

Virginia Loehr
Safe Routes to School Coordinator
La Crosse County Health Department, Wisconsin

 

Sheboygan County contracted with WE BIKE, etc to assist in multiple initiatives associated with the County’s Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program. From the beginning, Peter Flucke and WE BIKE, etc. provided critical assistance on Safe Routes to Schools, analysis of bicycle/motor vehicle crashes, Law Enforcement safety training, and bicycle and pedestrian safety. Many of the products from these tasks were incorporated into the County’s Comprehensive Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan.

WE BIKE, etc. definitely provides great value to clients and offers a rare combination of expertise, responsiveness to client concerns, and willingness to work collaboratively.

 

Mary R. Ebeling
Program Manager
Non-Motorized Transportation Pilot
Sheboygan County Planning and Resources, Wisconsin

 

WE BIKE, etc. provided the expertise, knowledge, and direction that our municipality needed in order to complete our pedestrian and bicycle facilities plan. From staff meetings to board presentations, the professionalism that WE BIKE brought was exemplary. The Village now has a long term plan to use as a guide for future park, trail, and street projects. This plan is an enormous benefit to our residents and surrounding communities that will navigate pedestrians and bicycles safely through Little Chute and the Fox Cities.

 

Tom Flick
Director of Parks, Recreation & Forestry
Little Chute, Wisconsin

 

WE BIKE is a great partner for Public Health projects. 

 

Brown County Public Health staff know it is important for residents to walk and bicycle more for improved health.  We also saw that the community facilities and infrastructure were keeping our residents from doing this for everyday exercise.  We had part of the expertise needed to change these things.  WE BIKE had what we were missing.

 

WE BIKE staff has knowledge in the areas of facility design and safety, safe walking and bicycling actions and law enforcement for bicyclists and pedestrians. Public health staff bring to the table health education messages, organization and educational advocacy skills, along with a knowledge of governmental processes.

 

Together this combination has proven very successful in BrownCounty. We needed a progressive partner to help us change the total environment, engineering, education and enforcement.  WE BIKE was a perfect fit.

 

Rebecca Nyberg, CHES

Brown County Health Department

Green Bay, WI

 

I am writing this letter to state my full support of Mr. Peter Flucke and WE BIKE as it pertains to providing high quality bicycle safety consultation. Mr. Flucke made himself readily available to my staff and I at every point during the program planning phase… I knew that our kids were enjoying the program, as it showed on their faces during programming, but it was when the parents of the kids would come in and talk about how happy their kids were and how happy they, the parents, were about all of the safety that we have woven into the program that I knew we were fortunate to have worked with Mr. Flucke.

 

I would like to highly recommend Peter Flucke and WE BIKE as a bicycling consultant for any of your bicycle safety course design, implementation, and or instruction.

 

Rashad Cobb
Health & Life Skills Coordinator
Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin