Various cities, counties, metropolitan planning authorities, and states have bicycle advisory committees (BACs). Some include pedestrians in their scope. Most don't quite have the imprimatur that planning, parks, and other long-standing official boards and commissions typically have, but many places they are the core groups making the environment better for bicycling on the local level.
From the vantage point of Seattle's, it would be interesting to compare notes and ideas, so here are some links. The top ten towns in Washington state for sheer numbers of bike commuters per the Census, that also have bike advisory committees, are: Seattle (5,840 bike commuters), Bellingham (850), Spokane (740), Olympia (430), and Bellevue (230). Ellensburg (350 bike commuters), Vancouver (320), Tacoma (260), Walla Walla (250), and Bremerton (220) are top bike commuter cities either without BACs or BACs below Google's radar screen. WashDOT and the Puget Sound Regional Council have BACs. So do a bunch of cities near Seattle -- including Kent, Redmond (trails), Bellevue, and Bainbridge Island.
Of interest to me as well are other big-city BACs. More links up when I Google/surf these.
