For those of you who haven’t heard about this workshop, here is the some of the official information from the press release:
The City of Greenville has hired Sasaki Associates, an international planning and design firm based in Boston, to help establish a comprehensive vision for downtown and to develop a master plan that will provide a framework to guide future development activities.
As part of the planning process, the public is invited to participate in a two-day design charrette, or workshop, to share ideas and suggestions to help shape the future of downtown. A variety of sessions will be held over the two-day period and participants are welcome to attend all sessions or choose the ones they are most interested in. The meetings will take place on Tuesday, June 26 and Wednesday, June 27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Regency A Ballroom. Refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!
For additional information and a complete schedule of events, check out this pdf file on the City’s website.
Though this workshop is not specifically related to bicycling, it will be a great opportunity for the cycling community to voice opinions, share ideas, and to help shape the future of downtown Greenville. The consultants in charge of next week’s design charrette, Sasaki Associates, are focused on fostering bicycle and pedestrian friendly environments. You can check out their website to learn more about them. If any of you are able to attend a few sessions next week, I encourage you to do so. I won’t be able to make it to the daytime sessions, but I hope to be able to attend the later sessions both days. It should be quite interesting.
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Hello, I like the work you're doing on bike transportation. I look forward to reading what you come up with.
Also, I was wondering if you could take a look at my bikeway idea, and maybe post some feedback.
http://www.geocities.com/whodamnever/urban_planning/grid_bikeway/grid_bikeway.htm
http://www.geocities.com/whodamnever/urban_planning/interlaced_bikeway/interlaced_bikeway.htm
Hi, Thanks for the comment. I looked at your ideas briefly. In general, I am not a big fan of off-street paths for bike transportation because most destinations are located on the existing road infrastructure. I'll take a closer look at these ideas over the weekend. send me an email if you would like to discuss them.
Thanks for the feedback, James.
I agree with your point about not sacrificing bike access to the roads. That's why I currently favor the "grid bikeway" (not the interlaced bikeway).
A bikeway grid can overlay the regular roads, just like a freeway grid. Then a biker can use use the grid bikeway when they need to travel a long distance (without touching high-speed motorways), but the biker can also use regular roads on the "last mile" of their trip.
On the downside, it requires a lot of bridges. :)
Does this seem like a realistic assessment, to you?
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