Town of Fryeburg Bicycle

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Town of FryeburgBicycle Pedestrian Planning
Initiative
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The Players

• Town of Fryeburg
• Maine Department of Transportation
• Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission

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Why is it important for communities to strive to
be bicycle pedestrian friendly?

• Improved quality of life
• Economic
• Health
• Environmental

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Quality of Life

• Bicycle pedestrian friendly communities offer
• Reduced traffic
• Vibrant downtowns
• Improved public health
• Reduced air and noise pollution
• Greater social interaction

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Economic

• Walking cycling are affordable!
• The average family spends 8000 a year to own and
  operate a car versus 400 for a bicycle
• Walkable communities lead to
• Business growth
• Higher property values
• Increased tax revenue
• Better schools

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Improved Health

• Obesity in children is increasing at an
• alarming rate. It is the second leading
• cause of death in adults, after tobacco
• use.
• Just three (3) hours of biking per week can
  reduce the risk of heart disease by 50
• Walking bicycling are not just good for the
  body they are also good for the mind, thus
  reducing stress levels

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Environmental

• Walking bicycling get you where you
• need to go without burning fossil fuels
• and emitting pollutants
• If cycling trips were increased by just 0.5 the
  US could save 462 gallons of gas a year
• Transportation accounts for more than 25 of the
  worlds energy use and motor vehicles account for
  nearly 80 of that

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So how do we get there from here?

• Steering Committee
• Data Collection
• Public Involvement
• Assessment of Existing Conditions
• Plan Development
• Recommendations Priorities

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Steering Committee

• Community stakeholders responsible for
• providing overall guidance and direction
• during the development of the Plan.
• Cyclists, pedestrians, educators, planners,
  public officials and business owners

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Data Collection

• Existing Conditions
• Inventory bicycle pedestrian system including
  sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes/trails, and
  signage
• Identify bicycle pedestrian generators
  corridors
• Road way data collection
• Traffic volumes
• Crash data
• Geometric design
• Function

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Public Involvement

• Opportunity to collect feedback on needs and
  opportunities
• Help identify potential problems
• Provide support in plans implementation
• Surveys
• Public meetings
• Advisory Committee

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Plan Development

• Based on data analysis and public input develop a
  
• Vision Statement
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• Goals
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• Objectives
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• Strategies

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Vision Statement

• Vision What kind of community does
• Fryeburg want to be?
• The Town of Fryeburg will enhance the overall
  quality of life for its citizens by developing a
  network of bicycle and pedestrian facilities that
  serve recreation, commercial and residential use,
  while ensuring a safe and barrier free
  environment for all users

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Goals

• Examples
• Improve safety
• Promote healthy living
• Encourage sense of community
• Increase mobility and access
• Develop funding policies
• Attract visitors
• Reduce carbon foot print
• Connect to outlying areas

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Objectives

• Guides us toward our goal/vision
• Goal - Improve Safety
• Objective - Create pedestrian crosswalks at
  key locations
• - Provide designated bike lanes
• on appropriate routes

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Strategies

• Suggested ways to accomplish objectives
• Goal Improve Safety
• Objective - Create pedestrian crosswalks
• at key locations
• Strategy - Work with schools,
• businesses and residents to
• identify critical areas

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Next Steps

• Survey Analysis
• Recommendations Priorities

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Survey Says
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Survey Comments

• Sidewalks needed to
• Weston's Beach,
• Jockey Cap,
• Rec-fields,
• Fairgrounds
• Bike lanes/paved shoulders needed
• State line to fairground
• Rte 113
• Rte 302
• More off road trails needed

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Thank You

• Q A