City to update bikeway plan
The Chronicle reports that the city's bikeway plan is about to get an update:
With continuing construction by the Texas Department of Transportation on three bike trails in the Heights, west Houston and the Texas Medical Center — and growing enthusiasm by Houston cyclists — the city of Houston plans to update its 15-year Comprehensive Bikeway Plan.
“Starting with February, we will be doing an update of the Comprehensive Bikeway Plan,” said Dan Raine, bicyclist-pedestrian coordinator with the city’s Public Works Department.
“This is a 15-year-old plan that has not been updated in 15 years, so it involves assessing our existing conditions, projects we currently have under design and construction.”
All projects within the 300 miles of bike trails were conceived beginning in 1993.
“Fifteen years later, we really need to look at where we are now and where we need to go,” Raine said.
His office will work with the city’s Super Neighborhood Councils to help identify new projects that will bridge any gaps in the existing system and to improve existing bikeways and connectivity.
“We want to develop new projects to help fill in the missing pieces,” Raine said. “We want to get a lot of citizens’ input on that.”
Here's wishing them well on the project. It's good to see the city focused on park resources that serve many (as opposed to a few).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/11/09 10:34 PM | Houston Miscellany | Print | Comments (7)
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