My notes from last night's #BikePlus hearing at #Columbus City Council: https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/1h5yvqt/5_pm_today_city_council_hearing_on_bike_plus/
Big takeaways:
- March 2025: end of the reign of app scooters
- March 2025: CoGo operator changes to Veo Bikes
- Bike Plus Vision Network still aims for rapid build-out
- Columbus is still committed to #VisionZero
- Colubmus plans to ban parking and loading in bike lanes
Comment on Columbus' #BikePlus plan TOMORROW at Linden Community Center, and two other options later this week!
Public open-house events are scheduled later this month for public feedback on the #Columbus #BikePlus Vision Network and Near Term Connections map: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHCCC/bulletins/3abff0f
Drop in any time from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.:
- Tuesday, August 20 โ The Reeb Center, 280 Reeb Avenue
- Monday, August 26 โ Linden Community Center, 1350 Briarwood Avenue
- Wednesday, August 28 โ Westgate Community Center, 455 S. Westgate Avenue
- Thursday, August 29 โ Michael B. Coleman Government Center, 111 N. Front Street
Columbus has posted dates and times for the #BikePlus plan open-houses, where anyone can drop in to leave comments on the draft bike infrastructure plan: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHCCC/bulletins/38f8c23
If you run a group, the city is willing to talk to your group about #BikePlus! Ask them to come present: [email protected]
Q: Are you reaching out to bus riders? They often use bikes and scooters for last-mile.
A: Yes, and you're not the only person to suggest that.
Q: Was there a maintenance plan as part of the 2008 plan?
A: Not as part of the old plan, but developing one is part of the #BikePlus effort.
Q: Since we haven't had an updated plan for the last while, does that mean that we've missed out on funding opportunities?
Stevie: Bikes haven't been a priority for the city until now, really. So there's a lot of funding opportunities that were never applied for.
A: But goal is to have the connected network.
Q: Does #BikePlus have a similar level of support from City Council that Councilmember Rob Dorans has given to the Zoning Code Update plan, saying that they _will_ pass whatever is recommended?
A: We don't have a plan yet, so we can't speak for who supports it. But Council President Hardin and Councilmember Lourdes Barroso de Padilla have voiced strong support for this effort.
Stevie notes that those two council members will be coming to a #TransitColumbus meeting "in the near future"
Q: What's the scope of funding?
A: #BikePlus isn't funding to implement the plan. But once we have the adopted plan, outlining what we want and where, then we'll be able to get funding.
Q: What is the "plus" in #BikePlus ?
A: "Bikeways and Micromobility Plan" doesn't roll off the tongue; the "plus" is meant to capture biking, skating, skateboarding, scooting, ebikes โ but not cars, or really even sidewalks and pedestrians.
Q: Skating?
A: To be inclusive of all forms of active mobility. ๐คท
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