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Michigan Street Corridor Plan Community Forum #4 October 29, 2012
Breakout #4
Michigan Street Corridor Bicycle Boulevard
Lucy Gibson, P.E., Smart Mobility Jay Steffen, City of Grand Rapids Piotr Lewak, City of Grand Rapids Brad Strader, LSL Planning
Why Bicycles?
A survey of Portland, Oregon cycle track users found that 70% of respondents though the cycle track made cycling safer and easier.
They take less space than cars
They are cheap
They are good for business
They can be faster!
What and How Should We Build?
Bicycle Network Design First Principles Design for the “60%”
If you build it they will ride
If You Build It They Will Ride (Bicycles)
Bicycle Networks
The City of Grand Rapids Sustainability Plan Calls For Increasing Our Urban Bicycle Network to 100 Total Miles by 2014
A Bicycle Network Must Be Built Incrementally in Pieces.
Pieces of a Bicycle Network: Buffered Bicycle Lanes
Pieces of a Bicycle Network: Cycle Tracks
Pieces of a Bicycle Network: Shared Lanes
Pieces of a Bicycle Network: Shared Space
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Thank you!
Lucy Gibson [email protected]
Please fill out a short feedback survey on the back of your forum agenda and leave it in the box at the front of the room.
Take some time in the central atrium area to explore the other sessions.
Parking & bus passes will be available at the name tag table.
Jay Steffen [email protected]
