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Project 5.4.5: Safety Education & OutreachProject Description – Develop and implement an education and outreach initiativeaimed at bicyclists and motorists with the intent of improving safety for bicyclists. Withbicycling on <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> being popular for both recreation and transportation there is asignificant need to ensure safety is improved by addressing the human factors related tobicycle crashes, bicycle/motor vehicle collisions, and interactions between roadwayusers. Since human factors are a major contributor to bicycle/motor vehicle crashes thisis a low cost/high value project.Preliminary Design Concepts – NACost Estimate – NARecommendations for Implementation – Education and outreach initiatives cancomprise a broad range of strategies. <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> stakeholders should develop a strategicapproach to developing and deploying resources by identifying the primary issues thatneed to be addressed, target populations, and the commensurate strategies that shouldbe investigated. Overly broad approaches are likely to be less effective than those aimedat addressing specific challenges and problems that currently exist. A number of safetyand educational initiatives and corresponding materials currently exist aroundMassachusetts and the U.S. Existing resources should be evaluated to determine which,if any can serve as a template for the materials and initiative to be utilized by <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong>communities.Project 5.4.6: Maintenance Program Development & ImplementationProject Description – Develop and implement a maintenance program to ensureappropriate and routine maintenance is provided for bicycle facilities andaccommodations. Because bicycle facilities and accommodations are often outside of theroad right of way or at the least are located along the margins of transportation facilities,they often do not receive the maintenance that is provided to roadway networks.Additionally, bicycle facilities will have maintenance needs that are different than thoseof roadways by virtue of their use and operation. On-roadway facilities such as bikelanes and shoulders often accumulate debris as a result of the natural sweeping action ofmotor vehicles pushing debris outward from the travel lanes, but not beyond theshoulder or bike lane. On roads with shoulder typical sections debris, notably loose soilsand sand, tends to encroach and collect on the shoulder as well. As a result the bicycleaccommodation can become virtually impassable while also constituting a crash or tirepuncture hazard.Drainage grates also pose a significant hazard to bicyclists as a result of raised verticaledges which can damage tires and wheels or deflect a wheel sideways causing a crash.Worse are grates with longitudinal openings that can trap a bicycle wheel, throwing theChapter 5: Bike & Pedestrian <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> | August 2011Page 442

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