2. 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
6. Opportunities/Successes
Incorporating bikes
Project success
Innovative on-street with street
spurred new
projects maintenance
projects/funding
projects
Processes for Observed
Strong local
installation more increases in
advocacy groups
streamlined bicycling
7. 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
8.
9. Opportunities
¨ Local and national increasing
focus on health and safety
¨ Overhaul outdated and
contradictory policies
¨ Think (Texas size) big!
10. 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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