Re-Post courtesy of Katelin and Local Motion:

Read below for an update from the VT Agency of Transportation (VTrans) about how YOU can be involved in the Vermont On-Road Bicycle Plan! The plan aims to improve Vermont state roads to work better and be safer for all bicyclists — families, commuters and recreational riders. Visit the project website for more information: https://vtransplanning.vermont.gov/bikeplan and hang up a flyer in your community!

Join VTrans for the Vermont On-Road Bicycle Plan Statewide Public Meeting

WHAT: Vermont On-Road Bicycle Plan public meeting

WHEN: Thursday, April 30, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 pm

WHY: In the Fall of 2014, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) began the Vermont On-Road Bicycle Plan in order to meet a growing demand for on road bicycling facilities. Since then we have developed a draft map of priority bicycle corridors.

At this meeting we will:
Discuss how we determined where there is the greatest demand for bicycling on Vermont State roads; and
Present the resulting draft map of the priority bicycle corridors.
The draft map groups bicycle corridors on Vermont state highways based on their desirability. Desirability refers to where Vermonters and visitors currently ride and want to ride bicycles.

Quantifying desirability relied upon an analysis of land use patterns, access and proximity to destinations, data collected on recreational bicycling, and over 2100 Vermonters providing public input through the project’s wikiMap.

WHERE: Throughout the state using Vermont Interactive Technology (VIT) sites.
Click Here for Location Information

We encourage you to attend the meeting at a VIT site so that you can provide comment and have access to technical support. However, the meeting is available for live viewing from anywhere at this link.

CAN’T ATTEND?

We will post the draft map by April 30th and the statewide meeting recording on our project website by May 7th. We welcome your feedback at vermontbike@gmail.com until May 15, 2015.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Learn more at https://vtransplanning.vermont.gov/bikeplan

Public input is critical to the success of this project, please share this information on your local Front Porch Forum, via email or hang up this flyer. We thank you for helping to make the project a success by sharing your thoughts and creating project awareness by connecting others.

If you have questions or comments related to this project, please contact VTrans Planning Coordinators:

Sommer Bucossi at 802-828-3884 and Amy Bell at 802-828-2678 or email us at vermontbike@gmail.com

Sommer Roefaro Bucossi
Planning Coordinator
VT Agency of Transportation
Policy, Planning & Intermodal Development Division
P 802-828-3884
C 802-272-5029
sommer.bucossi@state.vt.us
See you there!