Julia McCleeary AICP

Cowtown Gets Physical

ü  bike! fort worth passed February 2010 ü  Bike parking zoning ordinance passed ü  Safe Passing Ordinance passed ü  9 miles of new bike lanes (15.4 total) ü  7 miles new shared bike route (45.9 total) ü  4 miles of bike lane/shared route approved for striping ü  10 miles of bike lane/shared route under design for

2012 ü  200 new bike racks (~240 total/public ROW) ü  Launched a bike rack request program ü  Showers installed at City Hall

Fort Worth On-Street Bike Facilities

Opportunities/Successes

Project success spurred new

projects/funding

Innovative on-street projects

Incorporating bikes with street

maintenance projects

Processes for installation more

streamlined

Observed increases in bicycling

Strong local advocacy groups

Challenges

¨  Interdepartmental coordination ¨  No consistent source of funding ¨  No method of benchmarking success ¨  Education remains a challenge ¨  Bicycling still viewed as a “fringe” mode of

transportation

Opportunities

¨  Local and national increasing focus on health and safety

¨  Overhaul outdated and contradictory policies

¨  Think (Texas size) big!

Challenges

¨  Getting people excited about the big picture

¨  Working around City ordinances (installation/repair)

¨  Data collection on walking trips

¨  Motorist and pedestrian education

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