Transportation Plan - Town of Garner

education campaign could be implemented to encourage and educate
the public about the benefits of biking and walking, and practicing safe
driving behavior. The recommendations below summarize opportunities
for policy and programmatic changes in Garner that will enhance the
biking and walking environment.
It is recommended that a Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee or
Task Force be formed to assist the Planning Commission, Town Council
and Garner staff in implementing and evaluating the policy and program
recommendations. The standing advisory committee could oversee the
implementation of the bicycle and pedestrian elements of the
Transportation Plan, and coordinate local bicycle and pedestrian policies
and actions. The Committee could also coordinate annual bicycling
events, review development plans for bicycle and pedestrian friendliness,
and create other education and encouragement material and programs
specific to Garner. The Committee and/or town staff should also
consider creation of a bicycle and pedestrian program website to inform
the public of their efforts and help to track progress on the Plan’s
implementation.
• Road Construction and Maintenance – Bicycle facilities such as bike
lanes, sharrows, bicycle parking, bicycle‐friendly drainage grates and
signage should be considered on all new streets, roadway
construction projects, and in all transportation maintenance projects.
Garner should require other entities responsible for construction to
consider bicycle facilities.
• Interconnected Streets – The amount of dollars available from
traditional federal, state and local (public) revenue sources to finance
major new roadway capacity projects continues to shrink. The status
of North Carolina as a “Dillon’s Rule” state translates into fewer
opportunities for adding new public revenue sources by local
governments. And, although the NC legislature has recently modified
a statute that now allows counties to construct and maintain
roadways (long the purview of the State and, much less frequently,
municipalities), there has been no accompanying divestiture of state
funding to accomplish county‐level roadway construction. Therefore,
the need to interconnect streets has become more important to the
mobility and economic development of every community. Often, this
is accomplished through a combination of site ordinances that require
connections to the edge of property lines; development and
adherence to a collector street plan; and longer‐term planning that
speaks to both capacities of public transportation infrastructure and
the allowable types and traffic generation characteristics of future
land development. Each of these should be undertaken to ensure that
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