Transportation 2035 - State of Rhode Island: Division of Planning

BICYCLESTRATEGIES B.3.aB.3.bB.3.cB.3.dB.3.eB.3.fB.3.gB.3.hB.3.iB.3.jDesign on-road bike lanes in urban areas with a minimum acceptable width to ensure bicyclist safety; include adequate striping,signage, and, where possible, physical barriers to separate bike lanes from motor vehicles and make them clearly visible to motorists.Explore new technologies that can detect bicyclists at signalized intersections.Install bike-parking facilities and cyclist amenities at public properties such as schools, community centers, libraries, and parkinggarages. Encourage businesses to do the same.Maintain bicycle paths and lanes free from debris and excess sand. Maintain surfaces, signage, striping, lighting, and drainagestructures.Determine a safe and convenient means for providing bicycle access across the Pell, Jamestown, Mt. Hope, and Sakonnet Riverbridges.Develop a system of naming, route designation, and signage/marking for the statewide bikeway system. The system should beconsistent with national standards and the system developed by the East Coast Greenway Alliance (as it applies to the Rhode Islandsegment of the East Coast Greenway) and done in conjunction with host communities that maintain paths.Republish the RIDOT ”Guide to Cycling in the Ocean State” and a RI greenways or trails map on a periodic, continuing basis. Workwith FHWA to allow designation of bike related businesses on the map, and in exchange, seek private sponsorship and maintenanceof the path by the businesses.Continue to offer grants to local governments and non-profit groups for trail and greenway development under the NationalRecreational Trails Program administered by DEM.Develop a statewide trail plan, which inventories existing trails and provides a detailed trail development and maintenance program insupport of the recommendations of the Greenspace and Greenways Plan.Utilize the Bicycle/Pedestrian Program of the TIP to help fund bike path and bike lane construction.Utilize the Safe Routes To School Program for infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects to improve bicycling safety for schoolchildren.PERFORMANCEMEASURESB.4.a Increase mode share of bicycle commuters [included in “Other” as defined by US Census] from 1.0% to 1.2% in 2010, 1.5% in 2020and 1.7% in 2030.B.4.b Complete the RI portion of the East Coast Greenway (25 miles by 2015).B.4.cComplete the 200 mile integrated statewide bicycle system as recommended in the Greenspace and Greenways Element of the stateGuide Plan by 2030.Transportation 2035 (2012 Update)State Guide Plan Element 611RI Statewide Planning ProgramPage 5-9December 2012BICYCLEDESIGNECONOMICDEVELOPMENTEMERGENCYRESPONSEENVIRONMENTEQUITYFINANCEHIGHWAYINTERMODALLAND USE ANDCORRIDORSPEDESTRIANPLANNINGSAFETYTRANSIT