How Did They Do That-In Northeast Ohio?

&What’s Happening in the Region?

Sally Hanley, Senior Transportation PlannerNortheast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency

Do What?

Large increase in bikeways Change attitudes (public officials, engineers, the public) Create environment in which bike transportation has become a serious issue Raise awareness of bicycling as an important urban amenity

NOACA: Metropolitan Planning Organization for Cleveland Area

• Transportation & Environmental Planning

• 5 Counties: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina

• Board composed of elected officials from all 5 counties-- make decisions on spending federal transportation funds

NOACA Goal: Establish a more balanced transportation system … by prioritizing … transit, pedestrian, and bicycle travel instead of only single occupancy vehicle movement.• Regional Bicycle Transportation Plans: 1997, 2008• Project reviews & recommendations for bike/ped

accommodation• Conducted “Bike Friendly Community” Campaign• Created Bike Transportation Maps• Conduct Training Courses for Planners &

Engineers• Bicycle Counts• Adopted Multimodal Planning Policies• Priority System

• Bikeway Inventory in 1997:• 103 miles of paths

• 6 miles of lanes

• Total of 109 miles of bikeways

• Comparison of 1997 & 2006 Inventories

Bike Lanes

Multipurpose

Paths

Signed Routes

TotalMiles

1997 Inventory

8 105 0 113

2006Inventory

40 195 80 315