Figure 16 shows the existing and planned facilities for non-auto modes. Although the trails are identified as recreationally oriented, the Greenways and Trails Master Plan also emphasizes transportation functions, as follows: “The priority of the Master Plan is to expand transportation options for non-motorized modes in addition to providing recreational opportunities, so in places these trails may complete a network of transportation-oriented pathways intended to serve bicyclists and pedestrians. In these cases, the overall recommendation for these trail types is paved surfaces that are amendable to cycling, walking and running. …. The Master Plan envisions trails continuing along roadways and not just in environmental lands. This not only allows users to identify their direction with understood travel patterns, it also takes advantage of existing right-of-way where it is available. When possible in the long term, these multi-use trails should be constructed on both sides of the roadway with which they are aligned, as shown in the illustration to the left...” Considerations raised by staff for improving the right of way protection process included: • more regular updates of the right of way needs map • integrating key destinations, like town centers and schools, and their connections for improved transparency of purpose to the public and clarification of transit destinations • reflecting additional modes in both the plan and in the impact fee program • Possible ROW width considerations based on context classification of corridors, and • Creation of access classification standards/map tied to specific corridors.
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