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COLUMBUS BICYCLE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING

Here are some 2013 updates of from the bicycle subcommittee meetings. Some highlights were discussion around bike corrals, an update to the Bicentennial Bikeways Plan, and the Columbus Bike Share program. I gotta attend one of these in person soon!

COLUMBUS TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
BICYCLE SUBCOMMITTEE
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday,March 27,2013

New Business:
1. ODOT Bridge Program
2. Bike Corrals
3. Bike Detector Marking Locations

Meeting Minutes
February 27, 2013

Bike Plan Update: Overview of Bicentennial Bikeways Plan. Staff gave an overview of the current Bicentennial Bikeways Plan (BBP) with the following topics:

-Backgroundand Purpose
-Where We Were Then
-Technical Advisory Group
-Plan Development Outreach
-Plan Content
-Bikeway Facility Types
-Demonstration Projects
-Implementation
-Challenges and Opportunities

Other Business: The Bike Share Program is accepting comments for bike share station locations. The commenting period ends March 1st.

Source: http://publicservice.columbus.gov/BSC/

2012 Columbus Metro Population Estimates

The Columbus metropolitan statistical area (MSA) regional population increased to 1.944 milion people in the latest U.S. census estimate. The larger combined statistical area (CSA) which includes areas that depend heavily on Columbus resources increased to 2.348 million people. Both population estimates are good news in terms of growth. An interesting statistic was that Franklin county experienced the highest growth rate in the state slightly beating out Delaware county. This seems to support the recent trend of people moving back to the cities urban areas.

Source: https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/index.html

Bike Shelters - Phase 2 (In Progress)

Bike Shelters Map

Columbus Bike Share - Need Input!!

via Press Release- The City of Columbus is seeking public input into the design and name for the cutting-edge bike share system announced in November by Mayor Michael B. Coleman.

“The success of the bike share system will depend upon community support,” Mayor Coleman said. “Therefore we will need community input in order to make it convenient and useful for our residents.”

By visiting the Department of Recreation and Parks website at http://parks.columbus.gov/ColumbusBikeShareProgram.aspx users can suggest up to five locations where they believe bike share kiosks would be most successful. Suggested locations are submitted by placing pins on an electronic map within the city’s Downtown core under consideration for the project. Pins placed outside of the proposed project area will be filed and used to inform a possible system expansion in the future.

Suggested locations will be reviewed by the city and its contractors taking into consideration practical siting criteria such as space requirements, visibility clearance and more. A final plan for proposed station locations is expected to be complete in March with installation to begin during the summer of this year.

Additionally, the website serves as a place to gather creative suggestions for the official name and color scheme of the bike share system. The person who submits the best system name will win a free program membership for a year. System names used in other cities include: Nice Ride Minnesota (Minneapolis), CitiBikes (New York City), Capital Bikeshare (Washington, D.C.) and The Hubway (Boston).

Submissions for both station locations and names will be accepted until midnight on February 28.

The city has invested $2,268,550 in the Bike Share system which will be comprised of a network of 300 bikes at 30 Downtown locations, enabling users to visit any station to borrow a bike, ride for any amount of time and return the bike at any of the 30 stations. Ongoing program support will be generated by corporate sponsorships and membership sales.

(Source: columbusunderground.com)