CLRBP Presentation

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Miami ValleyComprehensive Local-Regional

Bikeways Plan

Public Meetings: October 22, 2008

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Your Vision is Our Mission:“The Miami Valley Regional Planning CommissionThe Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission’’s s

Comprehensive LocalComprehensive Local--Regional Bikeway Plan is intended to Regional Bikeway Plan is intended to enhance regionenhance region--wide bikeway networks including both wide bikeway networks including both

regional and local bike paths and their connections regional and local bike paths and their connections throughout the MVRPC planning area.throughout the MVRPC planning area.””

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Ohio’s Bikeway Heritage

Xenia was named the "5th best place in the nation to live" by the American Hiking Society and inducted into the Trail Town USA Hall of Fame.

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The Existing System

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Opportunities

• Bike on Bus/Vans• Existing Partners• Cultural / Heritage

Tourism• Environmental

Education• Safe Routes to

Schools• New Green Movement• SAFETEA

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Challenges

• Rights-of-Way• On- and Off-Street Bikeways • Trail/Roadway X-ings• Funding Priorities• Declining Bike to Work Data

Physical Inactivity Epidemic• Land Use/Sprawl• Aging in Place• Rural Roads / Complete

Streets

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Rural Roads

Bikeway Types

“In-Corridor” Bikeways

Shared Use Paths / Trails

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Task 1: Project Management

Task 1 ProductsFinal project schedule Project Contact listMonthly Conference CallsStatus report to accompany invoices

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Task 2: Public Involvement

• YOU!• Steering Committee• Public Workshops• Project Website:

www. altaplanning.com/mvrpc/

Task 2 ProductsPublic Involvement Plan ( Technical Memo #1)(3) Steering Committee Meetings (9) Public Meetings, (3 per county)(1) Additional on-site meeting, if needed Contact listsProject WebsitePowerpoint Presentations Meeting Agendas, Media Releases, Meeting Summaries

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Task 3: Inventory and Mapping

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Task 4: Safe Routes to School Toolkit and Project Description Sheets

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Task 5: ProjectRecommendations

Draft & Final Bikeways Plan

Key Changes

• Modified “complete streets’ language• Coordinated database with LRP• Updated Maps per Committee comments• Emphasized voluntary cooperation of

local communities• SR2S Toolbox for each district• General edits and final formatting

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MVRPC TIP and Long-Range Plan

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The Long Range Plan Connection

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Priority Projects• ~20 Project Description Sheets• Planning-Level Cost Opinions• Pre-Funding Applications• Corridors, Area–wide projects• “Early Wins”

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The Other E’s

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Task 6:Local Bikeway Action Plans

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BFC Best Practices• Education• Enforcement• Encouragement• Engineering• Evaluation

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Innovation

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Solutions

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“ Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.” Abraham Lincoln

Thank You!

Alta Planning + Design

www.altaplanning.com/mvrpc/

Burgess & Niple

www.burgessniple.com

MVRPC: Kjirsten Frankwww.mvrpc.orgkfrank@mvrpc.org937.531.6524