Minutes from the
July 14th, 2005 Mayor’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Task Force Meeting
Meeting Attendees: Roger Alig,
Ken Carlson, Susan Conlon, Arnold Kelly, Barry Keppard,
Chris Scherer
Web site: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/bikeped/
Bicycle/Pedestrian Project Priorities
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The Task Force is focusing on
generating a priority listing of bike/ped projects that will be used for the
Township’s upcoming Capital Improvement Program process. The township is beginning to prepare its
2006-2011 Capital Budget. The Task Force is working towards setting
project priorities for bikelane, sidewalk, recreational trails, cross-walk, and
large-scale projects. Once the project
priorities are established, we will work with Pat Ward and Chris Marion to get
these project priorities translated into Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Requests that will cover the six year budget timeframe.
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Recreational Trails- Trail projects presented by Roger (and amended by Ken C)
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Zaitz Preserve Woodland Trail: Woodland trail in
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South Post Road
Trail- Macadam path along stretch of
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Connecting Path from
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Sidewalks- Ken C and Susan reviewed the sidewalk prioritization process. Ken, Meg,
and Susan met the week before the Task Force meeting to work on the
prioritization. The key step in this
process is to update the list of generators.
Ken and Susan asked for feedback from the group on the generators. Once the list of generators is agreed upon,
we need to ask Brian Aaronson at the Township to make up new aerial maps that
include the sidewalk inventory for us centered on each generator. The sidewalk group will then meet and re-do
the sidewalk scoring based on distance to the generator and condition of the
sidewalks. We will then generate a
priority list based on the scoring. Recommended Funding Source: Township Capital Budget, Safe Routes
to Schools Grant. The list of
generators now includes:
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Schools: High School South, Maurice Hawk, Dutch Neck, Village, High School
North/Community MS/Millstone River School (as one generator), and
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Municipal/Transportation: Train Station, Municipal Complex (including post office, senior center,
and library), Princeton Jct. Firehouse (future community arts and cultural
center )
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Parks:
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Retail: Acme, McCafferys, Windsor Green, Market Fair,
Nassau Park, Village Shoppes at Clarskville
Road, Ellsworth, Princeton Arms (Old Trenton Road)
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Bikelanes- Chris presented on the progress of the bikelane prioritization
subcommittee (Chris, Ken Naglak, and Arnold). The
main focus of their effort is to provide bikelane arteries that connect to
neighboring towns (e.g., Cranbury, Hightstown, Princeton,
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Village Road West from
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Carillon Boulevard from
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Old Trenton Road from Village
Road East to Route 571 and beyond to Cranbury Road
Misc. Items
Enforcement
Issues- Arnold brought up the issue of increased
enforcement of existing bike/ped safety laws, such as allowing pedestrians to
cross in crosswalks and observing speed limits.
The Task Force did consider recommending a Heed the Speed week. We will have
Action Items:
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Need blank Capital Improvement Program Request Form-
Ken C
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Obtain bike/ped plans of neighboring towns as they
apply to our projects- Barry
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Obtain copy of plans for
Upcoming Meetings/Events:
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August 11th -TASK FORCE MEETING,
7:30 PM.
Bike/Ped Project Priorities for 2006-2011;
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Topics
for Future Meetings: Bike/Ped Safety Enforcement
Issues; advocacy for ordinance banning ATV’s from publicly owned land