Norwalk Bike Walk Commission approves 2025 strategic plan, backs instructor training and community events

The Norwalk Bike Walk Commission voted on Feb. 3 to adopt a 2025 strategic plan that lays out priorities for education, outreach, events and infrastructure engagement. Commissioners also approved past meeting minutes and authorized payment for prerequisite training that will allow a city staffer to seek League of American Bicyclists instructor certification.

What the commission approved

- Strategic plan: Commissioners moved and seconded a motion to approve the commission’s 2025 strategic plan, which lists measurable goals for education (bike safety classes and instructor certification), communications and events such as Walk, Bike, Roll to School Day and bike-valet support at community festivals. The plan sets outreach objectives and quarterly checkpoints for progress.

- Instructor training: The commission approved a spend to register a city staff member for the League cycling-instructor prerequisite course. Christine Bisegli told the commission that the prerequisite is a four-hour course available before the League’s April training and cited a $35-per-hour instructor…