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BIKE ROUTES DESIGNATIONS UPDATE

BIKE ROUTES DESIGNATIONS

Julie Walcoff, Active Transportation Manager

SAMPLE SLIDE BLUE HEADER

o EDIT blue – make darker

WHAT ARE BIKE ROUTES?

o Urban, Suburban & Rural Connectionso Roads and Trails

WHY BIKE ROUTES TODAY?

o Part of Access Ohio 2040’s implementation

USBR 50

o First US Bike Route designated in Ohio

o Washington, D.C. to San Francisco

o East-West through Central Ohio, from Jefferson to Preble County

WHY BIKE ROUTES?

o Customer Preference Surveyo Residents WANT bicycle and pedestrian facilitieso Moved up to 5th in importance

CUSTOMER PREFERENCE SURVEY

o Generational Shiftso 18-34 year olds:

Are twice as likely not to have a driver’s license (4% statewide)

o 55-64 year olds: See themselves driving less (14%) not more (12%) in the future

CUSTOMER PREFERENCE SURVEY

10% of Ohioans bicycling to get places they need to go a few times a month

BENEFITS OF BIKE ROUTES

o Connect communitieso Take advantage of existing facilitieso Focus on improvementso Economic development

BIKES MEAN BUSINESS

o Contribute $133 Billion annually to US Economy

o Support nearly 1.1 Million jobs across the US

o Produce $53.1 Billion annually in retail sales and services

BIKES MEAN BUSINESS

o Generate $17.7 Billion annually in local, state and federal income and sales tax

o Bike infrastructure projects are more labor intensive, resulting in more jobs than roadway projects that are materials intensive

THE LATEST

BIKE ROUTES IMPLEMENTATION

o ODOT generated routeo Route verified

o Local riders, MPO’s and ODOT Districts

o Route modifiedo Route finalizedo Jurisdictional support (resolution)o Submission deadlines & AASHTO application,

April 1, 2018

WHERE WE ARE TODAY

WHAT’S NEXT

GETTING TO 906

o Secured Consultantso Working with Bike-Ped Coordinators, PIOs

o Activating MPOs and RTPOso Working Directly with Communities

GETTING TO 906

o High level of local interesto Locals would like to create County Bike Routes

o Similar to State and US Bike Routes

GETTING TO 906

o Active Transportation Guidanceo Purposeo Impacts ODOT owned and maintained roadso Exceptions need approval

RELATED ACTIVITIES

o Process for updates to routeso Signage criteria

906 BY APRIL 1 — WHAT’S NEXT

o Facebook page live o Facebook.com/BikeOhio

o Focus by district and by routeo Consultant team to assist

o Contacting localso Supplying sample resolutionso Following up with calls, emails, visits

?QUESTIONS

THANK YOU!

Julie Walcoff(and Roxy)

bike.ohio.govwalk.ohio.gov

Julie.Walcoff@dot.ohio.gov

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