Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Spokane City Considering Changes to Master Bike Plan

The City of Spokane's Planning and Development department is proposing changes to the Master
Bike Plan and is seeking public feedback on the changes.

The amendment affects both text in Chapter 4 (the Transportation Chapter) and to Map TR 2, the Planned Bikeway Network Map. One of the major changes calls for adding bicycle facilities to the Bike Plan. That includes already-completed facilities such as the Dwight Merkel Park trail loop and the Spokane International Airport bike lane loop and forthcoming projects on the Centennial and Fish Lake trails.  The amendment also provides text changes to describe a new Neighborhood Greenway classification.

·         See the full list of bike facilities in the Planned Bikeway Network Map
·         View the Planned Bikeway Network Map (TR 2)

If the amendments are approved, City planners will discuss how to incorporate the proposed changes to the bikeway map into the ongoing efforts to  redesign Spokane’s bike map

The period for public input on the proposed changes runs through 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23. Written comments can be sent via email to Assistant Planner Nathan Gwinn at ngwinn@spokancity.org. To mail your comments, please visit the project page for the Master Bike Plan Comprehensive Plan Amendment at SpokaneCity.org.

An open house on the bike plan amendment is scheduled from 5-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17 in the Chase Gallery, (Lower Level of City Hall), 808 West Spokane Falls Boulevard.

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About SRTC

SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.