HomeMy WebLinkAboutBike Plan PresentationIntroduction
In 2007, the City of Iowa City received the Bicycle Friendly Community designation of
"Honorable Mention" from the League of American Bicyclists. As a result, the City of
Iowa City and all other JCCOG entities agreed a new regional bicycle plan would
provide an inventory of existing facilities and identify new opportunities to improve
bicycle access.
Three missing components: Education Programs, On-Street Facilities, and Bike Plan.
As the metropolitan planning organization for the area, the Johnson County Council of
Governments (JCCOG) was asked to develop this plan.
Since August of last year, we have been working with the steering committee and city
staff for 8 months and have prepared a draft plan for your review and input.
This presentation offered to other councils and BOS and University to share draft so no
surprises when adopting this summer and to incorporate your input into the final plan.
Why Create a Bike Plan?
Content and Planning Process
Recommendations
Feedback/Input
Bike Friendly Community -Friendly Competition and
Marketing
Council Bluffs, Des Moines, and Cedar Rapids are
preparing bike plans and/or applying to become bicycle
friendly communities
Up to 10% of residents commute by bike or walk
For the last 15 years, planning and development have
focused on trails. This plan looks at all components of bike
planning...called the Five Es
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The first step in the planning process is an inventory.
Step 1: Inventory
50 programs, services, types of facilities offered locally!
Engineering -Trails, On-street facilities, parking, etc.
Education -Availability of local instructors
Encouragement -Bike Library and Iowa Bicycle Coalition
Enforcement -All communities with law enforcement
departments have bike patrol officers
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Each marker indicates a needed improvement identified by
respondents to our online survey.
Illustrates the VARIETY of opinions and NUMBER of participants.
PRIORITIES -The purpose of the online survey and two bike
planning workshops was to identify common PRIORITIES among
residents to improve bicycle safety and efficiency.
Approximately 495 residents completed the online survey and 150
residents attended the meetings.
o The large numbers of participants representing different age
groups and skill levels suggests that the Metro Bicycle Master
Plan addresses the needs of all current and future residents,
not just experienced cyclists.
• On-Street Facilities -Bike lanes on new or existing roads (58
percent) or shared-lane-arrows (a.k.a., "sharrows")
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Step 3: Recommendations
Based on the inventory, community input, and vision for the
bike plan, staff and the steering committee crafted
recommendations
Recommendations provide a roadmap to becoming more
bicycle friendly.
System-wide Recommendations and Community
Recommendations
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Engineering -Install on-street accommodations.
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Encouragement - Implement a coordinated way-finding
system on trails and roadways across the Urbanized Area
to assist route finding.
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Education -Facilitate bicycle safety through 1) public
service announcements targeted at young adults; 2)
drivers' education classes; and 3) elementary schools'
physical education classes.
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Enforcement -Implement and publicize bike light
enforcement program during the fall and offer discount bike
lights to encourage safety.
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Evaluation -Achieve the platinum "Bicycle Friendly
Community" designation from the League of American
Bicyclists.
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Recommendations are suggestions, not requirements.
Cities will implement the plan as resources are available.
We are presenting the bike plan to all city councils and the
BOS and University this month to ensure that we address
your concerns and incorporate your input into the plan.
In May, the TTAC will consider giving its approval to the
bike plan,
then we anticipate the Cities will consider adopting the plan
this summer, which will allow time for staff to prepare
applications to the Bicycle Friendly Community program in
August.
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This concludes the presentation
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Steering committee developed the following vision
statement, which helped us sort through all the public input:
"The communities in the urbanized area envision a
convenient and efficient transportation system where
people can bike safely to all destinations. "
Includes riding to trails, schools, work, stores, etc.
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Prepared by: KrislopherAckerson
Prepared: March 26, 2009
Prepared by: Kns[opnerHCKerson
Prepared: January 6,2009