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Vision, Goals and Objectives for Bicycling in the La
Crosse Area
“Encourage and
promote the availability and choice of human-powered transportation that
will improve the health and safety of our citizens, the sustainability of
our environment, and the economy of our region.”
These goals and objectives were developed
at the January 12, 2009 Bicycle Plan Kick-Off Meeting.
Please send additional comments and suggestions to Jackie Eastwood.
Goal 1: Promote bicycling as a sustainable
transportation alternative to driving.
Objective 1: Incorporate sustainability goals and
initiatives into the transportation planning process and transportation
plan.
Objective 2: Utilize the LAPC Web site to educate
the public on the environmental and health benefits of bicycling.
Objective 3: Encourage bicycling as a year-round
mode of transportation.
Strategy 1: Work with local municipalities to
develop a bicycle facility maintenance program.
Strategy 2: Work with local employers and
businesses to provide covered and/or indoor bicycle parking.
Strategy 3: Work with local employers and
businesses to provide incentives for bicycle commuting such as reduced
health care cost, flexible work schedules, and shower facilities.
Goal 2: Improve the mobility of bicyclists.
Objective 1: Ensure bicycle accommodations are
designed into all roadway projects.
Strategy 1: Work with the DOTs and municipalities
to include bicycle facilities in project design.
Strategy 2: Become involved in the planning and
design of roadway projects earlier in the process.
Strategy 3: Work with communities to create
roadway design and operations policies and standards for local projects.
Strategy 4: Encourage municipalities to utilize
technologies that detect bicyclists at intersections.
Strategy 5: Encourage communities to adopt
Complete Streets policies.
Objective 2: Provide bicycle accommodations on all
arterial and collector roads, except where bicycles are prohibited.
Strategy 1: Recommend treatments in local plans for
municipalities and DOTs to reference during the project planning process.
Strategy 2: Develop a program of providing bicycle
accommodations on roads not part of a project.
Strategy 3: Utilize the Surface Transportation
Program – Urban (STP-U) and Enhancement (STP-E) project prioritization
processes.
Strategy 4: Promote regional connections in local
projects.
Objective 3: Assist communities adopt policies and
development standards that require bikeway connections/reserve greenbelts
for bikeways within and between subdivisions.
Strategy 1: Develop a model ordinance for the
provision of bicycle facilities in new development.
Objective 4: Increase the supply of public bicycle
parking.
Strategy 1: Work with municipalities to dedicate
on-street parking spaces to bicycle parking.
Strategy 2: Educate and incentivize local employers
and businesses on how to provide good bicycle parking facilities.
Strategy 3: Explore non-traditional sources for
funding facilities.
Strategy 4: Work with local artists to design
attractive bicycle parking.
Objective 5: Enhance multimodal connections.
Strategy 1: Work with Amtrak to provide a rail
car that accommodates bicycles on its Empire Builder and proposed Midwest
Regional Rail service.
Strategy 2: Work with MTU and hotels to provide
shuttle service between the Amtrak station and downtown La Crosse and
hospitality establishments in the region.
Strategy 3: Create new access points and linkages
between the street system and the trail system.
Strategy 4: Encourage planning that considers
linkages among all modes.
Objective 6: Coordinate with active living and
healthy communities groups to encourage employers and businesses to
provide bicycle parking facilities and incentives for bicycle commuting.
Goal 3: Increase the safety of all bicyclists in the
region.
Objective 1: Create a program to educate motorists
and bicyclists of the rules of the road.
Strategy 1: Promote bicycle and pedestrian safety
within the driver education process.
Strategy 2: Centralize state and local regulations
on the LAPC Web site.
Objective 2: Work with the police departments to
enforce bicycle-related laws.
Strategy 1: Encourage the police departments to
participate on the BPAC.
Strategy 2: Provide opportunities for police
officers to become better trained on bicycle regulations.
Strategy 3: Encourage bicycle advocates to document
unsafe behaviors.
Objective 3: Monitor bicycle crash locations.
Strategy 1: Obtain crash data from State DOTs.
Strategy 2: Create a process for bicycle advocates
to report on trouble spots.
Objective 4: Incorporate traffic calming practices
into our roadway design.
Goal 4: Promote bike-friendly land-use policies.
Objective 1: Promote implementation of Coulee
Visions.
Objective 2: Encourage communities to approve
bike-friendly site plans.
Objective 3: Educate policy makers on bike-friendly
land-use policies.
Goal 5: Make the La Crosse area a bicycling
destination.
Objective 1: Create a network of on- and off-road
bicycle facilities that connect together into a safe, purposeful
transportation network.
Strategy 1: Work with municipalities and local
bicycling clubs and groups to develop the area’s bicycling facilities.
Strategy 2: Work with local municipalities to
obtain enhancement awards.
Strategy 3: Find innovative methods for funding
facilities.
Strategy 4: Work with Amtrak to provide a railcar
that accommodates bicycles on its Empire Builder and proposed Midwest
Regional Rail service.
Strategy 5: Work with MTU and hotels to provide
shuttle service between the Amtrak station and downtown La Crosse and
hospitality establishments in the region.
Objective 2: Promote the region as a bicycling
destination.
Strategy 1: Utilize the LAPC Web site.
Strategy 2: Create regional recreation and
commuter bicycling maps.
Strategy 3: Coordinate with local and regional
tourism and bicycle advocacy groups and organizations.
Strategy 4: Promote bicycling events in the
region.
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