[DB!-Announce] UCD bicycle and transit planning workshop

[Davis Bicycles Announcements]

---UC Davis Bikeway and Transit Planning Public Workshop---

UC Davis planners are hosting two workshops to gather detailed campus  
bikeway and transit comments.  At the workshops you can provide your  
observations and ideas for current and future bike routes and transit  
infrastructure.  Please spread the word. We are hoping for very broad  
participation and would like as many people as possible to attend.  A  
giant map (over 600 square feet!) will be available for discussing and  
commenting on bike, pedestrian, and transit needs.

Tuesday, March 11th in Freeborn Hall from Noon to 2 p.m. or (identical  
session) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The workshops are intended to get input from cyclists, pedestrians,  
and transit users about the campus facilities that need improvement.   
Participants will be asked to identify locations for new routes, new  
roundabouts, and new sidewalks.  Additionally, participants will  
identify prior accident locations and describe the factors that they  
think contributed to the accident.

The workshops are the first public workshops to kickoff the UC Davis  
Bikeway and Transit Network Study (BTNS).  The UC Davis BTNS will  
evaluate the overall campus bicycle, pedestrian, and transit  
facilities to provide a comprehensive view of current and future  
improvements.  The success of Unitrans and the long successful history  
of bicycle use in Davis present the campus with a challenge to provide  
infrastructure for bicycling, walking, and transit at a much larger  
scale than most communities.  Major bike paths and intersections must  
be sized to accommodate large volumes of cyclists and all campus  
routes need to address interactions between pedestrians, cyclists, and  
transit vehicles.  Community members will provide input at public  
workshops and focus groups to identify the highlights and deficiencies  
of current conditions.  Based on this input, a review of existing  
campus facilities, and professional design guidance, the planning team  
will produce a new plan for campus bikeway and transit improvements.   
The resulting plan is expected to rely heavily on the observations of  
the day-to-day users but will also address, among other items:

o  Off-street or on-street?  Where should we encourage biking?
o  UC Davis specific design standards for constructing bicycle improvements.
o  Cost estimates for the projects and funding opportunities.

For more information, contact Matt Dulcich (medulcich at ucdavis.edu or  
752-9597) in the UC Davis Office of Resource Management and Planning.