Bike and Ped
PROJECT UPDATES
Suitability Mapping Completed (April 11, 2012)
Take a quick survey to give your input on whether land use, safety, street network density or social equity is more important to prioritizing bicycle and pedestrian system improvements.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
As of 2010, there were approximately 430 miles of urban collector and arterial roadways in Washington County, many of which require improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Regional goals aim at increasing the commuting mode share of bicycling and walking by nearly three-fold over the next 25 years. Due to incremental expansion and improvement of collector and arterial roadways it is unlikely a complete bicycle and pedestrian system will be realized in the near-term. Therefore, this project aims to produce a list of priority improvement projects to upgrade collector and arterial roadways that may be competitive for funding opportunities in the near-term. To accomplish this, Washington County’s Department of Land Use and Transportation division received a $100,000 grant from the Department of Energy to help plan for a complete bike and pedestrian system.
Outcomes include the development of a recommended subset of 20-50 high priority bike, trail, and pedestrian projects with specific definitions and costs. The DOE funded bike and pedestrian planning project is scheduled to be completed by October, 2012. Note that the project doesn’t include funds for construction of these projects, but that we’ll seek funding from a variety of sources for the priority projects.
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