2. MetroCOG bike/pedestrian plan

'ii. ':iii, CHAPTER FOUR: STRATEGIES AND PROCESS 4.1 PROJECT SELECTION STRATEGY The project selection strategy recommends that a principal bike route network be identified from the existing and future bike and pedestrian network. The inlcnt is to channel the limited bike improvement funds to a greater network serving the entire metropolitan area instead of serving a particular area which might not benefit the community as a whole and, by giving higher priority to those projects which are a part of the principal bike network or linked to the principal bike network. 4.2 PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS The project selection involved the following process: ~ The short tenn and long term projects in the 2000 Metropolitan Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan were reviewed for consideration for the new project list ,~ The Projects which were implemented were excluded from the list. This new list \\-'as prepared considering the consistency review plan completed in 2004 ~ This list was then comparcd to the bicycle and pedestrian projects listed in the 2004 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), The projects not listed in the consistency review but listed in the MTP were included to the new list. .", Other potential projects were identified by the COG staff in coordination with the local planning and engineering offices. These potential projects were based on the furure land use plans! jurisdictional growth plans and public input received at the public involvement process. '.~ The recommended projects were then reviewed by the Metro Trails Committee and the financial strategies for implementation developed. According to federal transportation mles, Metropolitan Planning Organizations are required to identify existing and projected revenue sources for projects included in their metropolitan plans. ~ The local governments were then requested to constraint their short range projects by providing their anticipated revenue sources which would reasonably be expected for implementing their list of short range projects. ProjecL" without identified revenue sources were recommended for the plan's long range clement. .~ The projects were also evaluated based on the four screening factors. Projects which met all four screening factors were eligible for short tenn while those that didn't meet less than half or none of the screening factors were listed as long tenn projects. ~ Finally both the short range and long range projects were prioritized based on its being a part of the identitied Principle Bike Network. 4.21 PRINCIPAL BIKE ROUTE NETWORK: Based on a set of rankings established (described in Section 4.6) for the existing and future bicycle and pedestrian network, a principal metropolitan bicycle and pedestrian network was identified by COG staff as illustrated in Map 4.1. The main elements of the principal bikeway system are designed as: mt The spacing between the principal bikeways shall not be more than 2 miles " '. -'" ';' ,:'" _ ';' :';,' ':'-;:' '-"""',' """', '"':",_ ,":: "F FM METROPOLITAN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN 2005 w, . Fargo~Moorhcad Mctropolitah~ounc,i1of Gov~rnm~~ts . ... .. ".' -]J- ',':' .. .!' .':'