Title
Transportation Master Plan: Review Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects
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Report
Issue:
Discussion on proposed pedestrian and bicycle projects for the Transportation Master Plan.
Staff Contact:
Sophie Stimson, Transportation Planning Supervisor, Public Works | Transportation, 360.753.8497
Presenter:
Sophie Stimson, Transportation Planning Supervisor
Background and Analysis:
The City is developing its first Transportation Master Plan. This plan will link the vision and goals in the City's Comprehensive Plan to the projects we build. It will include prioritized project lists for pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and motor vehicle infrastructure.
The BPAC has given staff feedback several times as we have been developing the plan. This includes weighing in on the criteria we are using to decide which projects to prioritize for construction. Using those criteria, we have drafted lists of proposed projects for:
* Sidewalks
* Crosswalk improvements
* Pathways
* Low stress bike network
Staff will share the draft lists at the meeting. Since the projects for the low stress bike network are less refined than the pedestrian projects, we will ask the Committee to spend more time reviewing them during the meeting.
Some Members may wish to spend more time reviewing the bike network projects. If so, those Members can form a subcommittee, and the subcommittee can give feedback directly to staff over the summer. At the BPAC's September meeting, the subcommittee's chair will need to report out to the full BPAC on the work the subcommittee has done.
In the fall, staff will share these lists of projects with the public, most likely in the form of a story map.
To review the criteria we used to make the project lists, or to learn more about what a "low stress bike network" is, please see last year's story map. You can find it on the Transportation Master Plan webpage, link attached.
Options:
Option 1: Review and gi...
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