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See pages 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, and 26 Countywide: TE Line Item: Countywide transportation enhancements funding for eligible project categories (e.g., ped / bike, scenic / historic preservation, archaeological planning) administered jointly by the County and PennDOT TE Line-Item - was assumed to include 100% of the applicable TE revenues, minus any "already programmed" TE projects on the 2011-2014 TIP. All TE projects must relate to surface transportation within one or more of the 12 eligible activities listed in specific program guidance and requirements for Erie County. PennDOT's guidance on Developing Regional Long Range Plans indicates that successful plans should "Emphasize Planning, not Programming". To that end, policy-level guidance is included within the 2040 LRTP to provide consistent and meaningful direction for the MPO and stakeholders towards achieving the plan's overall goals and objectives. The guidance focuses on several areas including: * General Planning Practices * Land Use Planning * Economic Vitality * Multimodal Transportation Safety * Multimodal Transportation Security * Roadway System * Pedestrian / Bicycle / Trail Network * Public Transportation * Rail Service * Air Travel * Waterborne Transportation * System Sustainability and Livability * System Efficiency and Preservation The plan encompasses all projects selected as part of the Erie LRTP's Decision Lens evaluation and screening process, all projects currently included on the 2011-2014 TIP, and additional interstate maintenance, transit, and airport projects that are funded or programmed through separate sources. Fiscal constraint and a reasonable set of expectations as to projects that can be implemented throughout the life of the plan were maintained through comparison to the established time periods and revenue assumptions listed below: * Period "0" = 2011-2012, or the remainder of the ongoing 2011-2012 TIP projects. * Period

Seaway Trail PA is committed to joining NY in achieving the National Scenic Byway status, with both states seeking the All-American Road status. If successful, this designation will make the corridor eligible to receive additional grant funds for various types of improvements; including safety enhancements, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, scenic overlooks/pull-offs, streetscaping, information kiosks, interpretive signage, and visitors centers. A formal working relationship between the County of Erie and Seaway Trail, Inc. will only enhance the likelihood of receiving funding for corridor-wide improvements, with the partnership between NY and PA potentially leveraging additional Federal funds. Planning Tourism Development Plans for Seaway Trail regions, Byway Interpretation Plan, Conservation Plan (under development) and Bicycle Plan (under development). Seaway Trail, Inc. is pleased to extend the opportunity to our Seaway Trail partners in Pennsylvania to participate in a number of ongoing and new projects to enhance, interpret and market the Great Lakes Seaway Trail. If you have any questions or would like to discuss any of these projects further, please contact David Cutter. Bicycle Guidebook and Development Plan S 11,000.00 Existing total project cost $148.000.00; completion 12131106. * Add Pennsylvania to new byway bicycle map and guidebook as appropriate

Barriers to Municipal Planning for Pedestrians and Bicyclists in North Carolina Authors: Kelly R. Evenson, Semra A. Aytur, Sara B. Satinsky, Daniel A. Rodríguez Background: The Guide to Community Preventive Services recommends implementing community- and street-scale urban design, as well as land use policies and practices, to promote walking and bicycling. To better understand barriers to municipal walking and bicycling projects and policies, we surveyed municipal staff in North Carolina.  Methods: We surveyed all 121 municipalities with at least 5,000 persons, and 62% responded. We also surveyed 216 of 420 municipalities with less than 5,000 persons, and 50% responded. The municipal staff member most knowledgeable about walking and bicycling planning was asked to complete the survey. Responses were weighted to account for the sampling design, to reflect prevalence estimates for all North Carolina municipalities. Results: Common barriers to walking and bicycling projects and policies were selected from a 14-item list. For walking, barriers included lack of funding (93% of responding municipalities), other infrastructure priorities (79%), automobile infrastructure priorities (66%), and staffing challenges (65%). For bicycling, barriers included lack of funding (94% of responding municipalities), other infrastructure priorities (79%), automobile infrastructure priorities (73%), issues were not high priorities for the municipality (68%), staffing challenges (68%), and insufficient support from residents (63%). Barriers generally were more prevalent among rural municipalities than among urban municipalities (9 of 14 barriers for walking and 5 of 14 for bicycling; P < .10). limitations The study relied on 1 respondent to report for a municipality. Additionally, job titles of respondents varied with municipality  size.  Conclusions: Health professionals and multidisciplinary partners can assist in overcoming the common local- and state-level barriers

The Department of City Planning sets the framework for the City's development through policy and development review by the Planning Commission and through administration of the zoning ordinance. The department pursues community development by facilitating community planning processes, supporting community-based and technical assistance organizations and programs, and administrating the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.

If people young and old made just one in 10 trips by bike, Brits could gain the equivalent of almost one million extra healthy years of life over the next decade, British Cycling said today as it launched a 10 point plan for how Britain can be transformed into a true cycling nation. New research, published today and commissioned by British Cycling from Cambridge University, has also shown that if people replaced just five minutes of the 36 minutes they spend each day in the car with cycling, there would be an almost 5% annual reduction in the health burden from inactivity-related illnesses including heart disease, diabetes, stroke and some cancers.

Erie Ped / Bike Prioritization Program/ Bayfront Trails Establish a prioritized ped / bike /trail network along the Bayfront Parkway and study the feasibility of existing and future improvements, key corridors,special facility design, and maintenance ‐ Multi‐municipal Ped / Bike Prioritization Program/ Erie Metro Area Establish a prioritized ped / bike /trail network within the Erie Metro Area and study the feasibility of existing and future improvements, key corridors,special facility design, and maintenance ‐ Countywide Ped / Bike Prioritization Program/ Erie County Establish a prioritized ped / bike /trail network for Erie County's outlying municipalities and study the feasibility of existing and future improvements, key corridors,special facility design, and maintenance

Madison Avenue is a small part of a much broader network of planned designated bicycle lanes in Memphis, TN. Yet plans to implement designated bicycle lanes have been met with opposition, largely through the prevalence of widespread misinformation. This site seeks to clear up any ambiguities that may exist about the benefits of bicycle lanes as they specifically relate to Madison Avenue. Last summer, Mayor AC Wharton committed to the construction of 55 miles of bicycle lanes in the City of Memphis over the next two years. You can see his release here: Giving Memphis the Bike-Friendly City You Deserve After a public meeting and a period of public input, the City of Memphis Bikeway/Pedestrian Coordinator recently submitted a formal recommendation to Mayor AC Wharton that bike lanes be striped on Madison. See his full recommendation here: Bikeway/Pedestrian Coordinator's Formal Recommendation to the Mayor

Global Site Plans - The Grid Combining infrastructure and public art is something I'm passionate about. It just seems so obvious, both aesthetically and financially, to combine the two harmoniously. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho has accomplished just that. Coeur d'Alene ("KOR-duh-LANE") Idaho is about a forty-five-minute drive East on I-90 from Spokane, Washington.

Some commentators recently expressed outraged that governments spend money on cycling improvements. Examples include Christopher Cadwell's Drivers Get Rolled: Bicyclists Are Making Unreasonable Claims To The Road-And Winning, in the Weekly Standard, and Bob Poole's A U.S. Bicycle Route System? in Surface Transportation Innovations #121. You could call them cycling critics, because they assume that bicyclists have inferior rights to use public roads and that cycling facility investments are wasteful and unfair, or call them automobile dependency advocates because their general message is that transportation planning should focus on facilitating automobile travel with little consideration for other modes. Their arguments are largely wrong, I'll call them "half-truths" to be charitable, presented with great certitude and self-righteous anger. These articles are published in ideologically-oriented periodicals for readers who share their prejudices, so they make little effort to justify their positions. However, it is important that people involved in multi-modal transport planning understand these issues because they often surface in policy debates.

Although many big cities are trending to start bike sharing projects, But still most of the cities lack a proper bike sharing platform. in Cyclingboom we have developped a platform which make is possible for cyclists who own spare bikes(no matter how old are they) to share with community and opens the possibility to find a bike to ride i cities without bike sharing plans.

They have been working on becoming bicycle and pedestrian friendly for 20 years. 15% of their road funds go to pedestrian and bicycling projects. A transportation system is not complete without bicycle and pedestrian elements. These travel options provide essential connections to the region's transit system and are particularly important to create walkable communities. A strong bicycle and pedestrian program gives Central Floridians an option for travel beyond one person in one vehicle. It creates a community where it is possible to live, work, and play in the same area.