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Agenda
1) What is the Pedestrian Plan?2) Why Now?3) Happening Now4) What’s Next?5) Plan Schedule6) How You Can Get Involved
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The county’s first Pedestrian Master Plan will make walking and rolling safer, more comfortable, more convenient and more accessible for pedestrians of all ages and abilities in all parts of the county.
1) What is the Pedestrian Plan?
All trips within a short distance should be realistic pedestrian trips.
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This is not just a plan for sidewalks.
1) What is the Pedestrian Plan?
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1) What is the Pedestrian Plan?
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1) What is the Pedestrian Plan?
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2) Why Now?
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The county has never planned for pedestrians and it shows.
2) Why Now?
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We have a lot of pedestrians here.
2) Why Now?
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• Identify Best Practices• Evaluate Existing Conditions/Perceptions
3) Happening Now
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• What are other counties, cities, states doing as part of similar plans?• Planning Process• Recommendations• Engagement Strategies
• What can we learn?
Identify Best Practices
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• What is the pedestrian environment like today in Montgomery County?• Pedestrian Level of Comfort• Crash Analysis• Countywide Survey
Evaluate Existing Conditions/Perceptions
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Pedestrian Level of Comfort
Mcatlas.org/pedplan
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Forest Glen/Montgomery Hills Existing Park Access
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Forest Glen/Montgomery Hills Improved Park Access
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Evaluate Existing Conditions/Perceptions
• What is the pedestrian environment like today in Montgomery County?• Pedestrian Level of Comfort• Crash Analysis• Countywide Survey
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• Prioritizing New/Improved Pathways and Crossings
• Recommendations• Pedestrian-forward design• Policy• Programming
4) What’s Next?
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• What pedestrian pathways and crossings are the most important to construct or improve?
• What factors should guide prioritization?
Prioritizing New/Improved Pathways and Crossings
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• Develop design and traffic operations approaches that support pedestrians related to:• Traffic-calming• Accessibility• Signal timing• Materials selection• Others
Pedestrian-Forward Design Recommendations
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• Work closely with County agencies to identify existing regulations/policies that affect pedestrians
• Recommend and adopt new/improved policies
Policy Recommendations
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• Catalog existing pedestrian programming
• Recommend new programming, potentially including:• Traffic safety• Wayfinding• ADA compliance for businesses
Programming Recommendations
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Task Completion Date0: Outreach and Engagement Ongoing1: Planning Board Approved Scope of Work September 20192: Identify Pedestrian Master Plan Best Practices October 20193: Existing Conditions and Perceptions January 20204: Pedestrian Infrastructure Prioritization October 20205: Progressive Pedestrian Design Toolkit October 20206: Pedestrian-Supportive Policies October 20207: Pedestrian-Supportive Programming October 20208: Planning Board Draft Plan May 20219: Council Review and Approval After June 2021
5) Plan Schedule
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• Website / e-Newsletter• Community Advisory Group• #WalkingHere
6) How You Can Get Involved
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• Sign up for e-letter to stay informed.
• Submit comments
Website/E-letter
Montgomeryplanning.org/walkinghere
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• Provide feedback on recommendations
• Application posted online in mid-November
Community Advisory Group
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#WalkingHere• Share your walk story with us
• Using social media (#walkinghere)
• Through the project website form
• With a comment cardAnswer one of these questions with your photo, video or comment:• #WalkingHere is hard because __________.• #WalkingHere feels unsafe because ____________.• #WalkingHere is easy because ______________.• I love #WalkingHere because _____________.• #WalkingHere could be better if ___________.
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Thank You!
Eli Glaziereli.glazier@
montgomeryplanning.org