General Plan Update Review Committee Draft Elements Part 2 For ...

4-40 VISALIA GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
St. Johns River, Cameron Creek,
Packwood Creek, Mill Creek, Modoc
Ditch, the Santa Fe Railroad rightof-way
and the San Joaquin Railroad
right-of-way;
• Provide Class II bikeways (striped
bike lanes) along selected collector
and arterial streets; and
• Provide Class III bikeways (shareduse
bike routes) along selected local,
collector, and arterial streets.
New bikeway segments should be designed to fit
together with existing bikeways to create a comprehensive,
safe system including scenic routes for
recreational use.
T-P-40 Develop a community-wide trail system along
selected planning area waterways, consistent
with the Waterways and Trails Master Plan
and General Plan diagrams.
The system will feature greenway trail corridors
along the St. John’s River, Mill Creek, Packwood
Creek, and Cameron Creek, as well as segments
of Modoc and Persian creeks. The waterway
corridors will provide recreational opportunities,
new links between neighborhoods, parks,
and Downtown, and a new way of experiencing
the City and understanding its natural setting.
Waterway corridors will also provide enhanced
habitat and storm drainage, as described in the
Community Waterways section.
T-P-41 Integrate the bicycle transportation system
into new development and infill redevelopment.
Development shall provide short term
bicycle parking and long term bicycle storage
facilities, such as bicycle racks, stocks,
and rental bicycle lockers. Development also
shall provide safe and convenient bicycle and
pedestrian access to high activity land uses
such as schools, parks, shopping, employment,
and entertainment centers.
T-P-42 Periodically update the City of Visalia Bikeway
Plan, as needed.
T-P-43 *Develop and maintain an educational program
to promote bicycle use and safety.
T-P-44 *Increase the safety of those traveling by bicycle
by:
• Sweeping and repairing bicycle paths
and lanes on a regular basis;
• Ensuring that bikeways are signed
and delineated according to Caltrans
or City standards, and that lighting is
provided as needed;
• Providing bicycle paths and lanes on
bridges and overpasses;
• Ensuring that all new and improved
streets have bicycle-safe drainage
grates and are free of hazards such as
uneven pavement or gravel;
• Providing adequate signage and
markings warning vehicular traffic of
the existence of merging or crossing
bicycle traffic where bike lanes and
routes make transitions into or across
roadways.