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State Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting Fall Working Group October 30th, 2013 John Bolecek Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner

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Page 1: State Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting ...€¦ · Fall Working Group October 30th, 2013 ... Agenda 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Draft Report “Guidelines for

State Bicycle and Pedestrian

Advisory Committee Meeting

Fall Working Group

October 30th, 2013

John Bolecek

Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner

Page 2: State Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting ...€¦ · Fall Working Group October 30th, 2013 ... Agenda 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Draft Report “Guidelines for

1. Welcome and Introductions

Introductions

• Name

• Location

• Representation

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Page 3: State Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting ...€¦ · Fall Working Group October 30th, 2013 ... Agenda 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Draft Report “Guidelines for

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October 2013 BPAC Meeting Overview

Agenda

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Draft Report “Guidelines for Bicycle Use of Controlled

Access Facilities”

3. Transportation Alternatives Program

4. Bicycle Design Updates

5. Beaches to Bluegrass Conceptual Trail Plan

6. Status of Bicycle and Pedestrian Program at VDOT

7. Work Session / Roundtable

8. Discussion on Future Agenda Items

9. Closing

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2. Draft Report: “Guidelines for Bicycle Use of

Controlled Access Facilities”

Presentation by Young-Jun Kweon

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3. Transportation Alternatives Program Update

Presentation by Pamela Liston

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4. Bicycle Design Update

Presentation by George

Rogerson

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Page 7: State Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting ...€¦ · Fall Working Group October 30th, 2013 ... Agenda 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Draft Report “Guidelines for

Lunch Break

Please return by 12:15pm

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6. Beaches to Bluegrass Conceptual Trail Plan

Presentation by Jennifer Wampler

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Page 9: State Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting ...€¦ · Fall Working Group October 30th, 2013 ... Agenda 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Draft Report “Guidelines for

7. Status of Bicycle and Pedestrian projects at

VDOT

• Pedestrian Policy Plan – Expected Completion 2013

• Beaches to Bluegrass trail study – Expected Completion

2013

• Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Database Project –

Data into SPS by November

• Southeast High-speed Rail Greenway Study – Expected

to start by end of year

• U.S. Bike Route 1 Realignment Study

• Implementation Plan

• U.S. Bike Route Signage Inventory

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Implementation Plan

Implementation Plan – Combined Bike/Ped Recommendations

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March 2013 BPAC Meeting Recap

Agenda

1.Committee Structure

2.Status of Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects at

VDOT

3.Recent Bicycle Improvements in Northern

Virginia

4.Status of Virginia Supplement to the MUTCD

5.Update on Safe Routes to School Program

6.Maintenance Division – update on 2% paving

7.Visioning

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6. BPAC Committee Structure

Overview and purpose of the Committee

Structure:

• John Bolecek will serve as the BPAC Chairman

• Meetings will be held twice a year

• Membership comprised of cross section of Virginia stakeholders

Purpose:

• Provides an official avenue of communications between VDOT’s

Bike/Ped Program and stakeholders

• BPAC Committee will improve the quality of the VDOT Bike/Ped

Program by soliciting public input:

• Identifying high bicycle use road sections that would benefit from shoulders

• “Gap Map” identifying small gaps in bike/ped network in each district

• Keeping program abreast of local issues

• Providing input on priorities

• Reporting maintenance needs i.e. missing US Bike Routes signs etc.

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8. Group Discussion

What are the Top Technical Concerns:

Sample from group last time:

1. Methods for improving high priority shoulders

2. Maintenance Payments / Road Diets

3. Sweeping Bike Lanes / Snow clearing

4. Urban Standards / DRPT Multimodal Design Guidelines

What other areas of input offer the most value?

If this committee is more interested on commenting on bike/ped

Policy how do you want to do it?

Statewide Summit?

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10. Wrap Up & Next BPAC Meeting

Suggestions for future topics?

Follow-up Items

• Follow-up items are due to

John Bolecek

[email protected]

Next BPAC Meeting(s):

• March 2014

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee

Thank you

John Bolecek

Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner

Virginia Department of Transportation

804-371-4869

[email protected]

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