The Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan is organized as follows:
(A) Introduction, provides an overview of this plan and its purpose;
(B) Existing conditions, describes the city’s existing walkway and bikeway network and summarizes system strengths and weaknesses;
(C) Recommended walkway and bikeway network, depicts the recommended system of on- and off-street walkways and bikeways, and details several “top priority” projects. The subchapter also includes a project list with planning-level cost opinions, and a project prioritization discussion;
(D) Recommended pedestrian and bicycle programs, describes education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation measures the city and/or other local agencies should implement to promote walking and bicycling, to increase bicyclist and pedestrian safety and to increase the awareness of walking and bicycling as viable travel modes;
(E) Design guidelines, provides design guidance to be referenced when implementing the city’s walkway and bikeway projects. Design guidelines are gathered from local, state and national best practices;
(F) Funding sources, identifies potential strategies for funding the recommended pedestrian and bicycle projects and programs; and
(G) At the end of this plan, a facts and findings report documenting existing traffic operations at key intersections, along with a discussion of potential traffic impacts associated with the proposed pedestrian/bicycle improvements. Additional appendices include a detailed project evaluation matrix and recommended changes to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance and Land Division and Partitioning Ordinance.
(Ord. passed 6- -2009)