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Introducing Introducing Bicycle/Pedestrian PlanningBicycle/Pedestrian Planning
&&School Travel PlansSchool Travel Plans
Presentation prepared for the 2010Presentation prepared for the 2010
Active Transportation ConferenceActive Transportation Conference
Jim Fisher, PhD, AICPJim Fisher, PhD, AICPHancock County Planning CommissionHancock County Planning Commission
The Rational The Rational Comprehensive PathComprehensive Path
Vision
Plan
Education Voluntary Efforts
Site Planning
Incentives Ordinances
Review
Master Plan
The Active Transportation PlanThe Active Transportation Plan
Working GroupWorking Group
STAKEHOLDERS
City Council
Recreation Commission
School Representative
Healthy Communities BoardWheel chair user
Resident Walker
Resident Cyclist
Law Enforcement
Transportation Committee
STAFF
School Health Coordinator
City Planner / Deputy Planner
Regional Planner
Consultants
Community Partnership Director, Healthy Communities
DiscontinuityDiscontinuity
No sidewalkNo sidewalk Incomplete sidewalkIncomplete sidewalk ObstructionsObstructions
• CurbsCurbs• DrainageDrainage• Soft SurfacesSoft Surfaces• SignageSignage
Safety concernSafety concern
Multiple PerspectivesMultiple PerspectivesWheelchair user maps Ellsworth Wheelchair user maps Ellsworth
sidewalks sidewalks By Eric Russell Friday, January 05, 2007 By Eric Russell Friday, January 05, 2007
Bangor Daily News Bangor Daily News
Tom Stipe didn’t pay much attention to Tom Stipe didn’t pay much attention to the sidewalks of Ellsworth until about 16 the sidewalks of Ellsworth until about 16 years ago when a freak bicycle accident years ago when a freak bicycle accident landed him in a wheelchair.landed him in a wheelchair.Since then, sidewalks have become a big Since then, sidewalks have become a big
part of Stipe’s life.part of Stipe’s life."When you are an able-bodied person and "When you are an able-bodied person and
you walk down the street and come to a you walk down the street and come to a curb, it’s just a curb," Stipe, 56, said in an curb, it’s just a curb," Stipe, 56, said in an interview this week. "But in a wheelchair, a interview this week. "But in a wheelchair, a 5-inch curb might as well be a brick wall."5-inch curb might as well be a brick wall."
Goal 1: Safety: Provide safe routes for bicycle and pedestrian transportation.
Objectives
1B: Ensure safe routes between neighborhoods and schools in the urban core.
Strategies• Identify neighborhoods and primary travel corridors • Prioritize municipal expenditures to complete sidewalks,
paths and shoulders to serve area schools
Phase 1 (Listed in alphabetical order by location.)
Bridge Hill to Christian Ridge Road: North side sidewalk and/or shoulder
Downtown Pedestrian Connectivity: for Shopping, Services and Parking
Ellsworth Falls to High Street: “Shared Path” Rail with Trail designed/funded by MDOT
Forrest Avenue Area: Safe Routes Connecting K8 School to YMCA and Ellsworth Library
High Street: Build pedestrian crossing near Maine Coast Mall (more….)
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Phase 2 (Listed in alphabetical order by location.)
Ellsworth Falls to Boggy Brook Road: Bike Pedestrian Rail with Trail
High Street: Build pedestrian crossings at additional signals
High Street to Washington Junction: Multiuse Rail with Trail
Oak Street to Rail Trail: Pedestrian Crossing serving K8 School and safe route to trail
Shore Road: Safe pedestrian travel on route to school with traffic calming measures
(Source: Ellsworth Bicycle Pedestrian Plan, adopted 2009
Ellsworth Middle SchoolEllsworth Middle School
Origins and DestinationsOrigins and Destinations
East CoastGreenway
Complete the Streets, Sidewalks …
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Ellsworth Safe Routes MapEllsworth Safe Routes Map
Guidance SystemsGuidance Systems
Vision
Plan
Education Voluntary Efforts
MasterPlanning
Site Planning
Incentives Ordinances
Review
Master Plan
ImplementationImplementation
Vision
Plan
Education Voluntary Efforts
Site Planning
Incentives Ordinances
Review
Master Plan
source: Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee
DesignDesign
Participatory EvaluationParticipatory Evaluation
www.hcpcme.org/transportation/schooltravel