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Bicycling and Walking: Transportation Choices for New Hampshire's Lakes Region Bicycling and Walking: Transportation Choices for New Hampshire's Lakes Region March 2012 Cover: (top) Mural along the WOW Trail painted by Sarah Snow, Jami Harmon and Megan Buckner; (bottom left) Sewall Woods Trail, Wolfeboro; (bottom right) Meredith boardwalk ii Bicycling and Walking: Transportation Choices for New Hampshire's Lakes Region Prepared by the Lakes Region Planning Commission 103 Main Street, Suite 3 Meredith, NH 03253 March 2012 www.lakesrpc.org This report was funded in part through a grant from the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) and administered by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NH DOT). The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. DOT or the NH DOT. iii THE LAKES REGION PLANNING COMMISSION Tamworth Sandwich Freedom Holderness Effingham A Moultonborough s h Ossipee la n d or r b Tuftonboro Hebron r e ar te t H a en w e C dg ri B n Meredith to Alexandria p Bristol m a H Wolfeboro ew N Laconia Gilford Danbury Hill Sanbornton Alton F r a Tilton Belmont n k l Andover i n Gilmanton Northfield Barnstead LRPC COMMISSIONERS 2011-2012 Alexandria Belmont Franklin Hill New H ampton Tamworth Janet Towse Vacant Robert Sharon Vacant Dr. George Luciano Patricia Farley Karen McNiff Alton Bridgewater Freedom Holderness Northfield Tom Peters, Alt. David Hussey Vacant Vacant Todd Elgin Wayne Crowley Robert Snelling Douglas Read Tilton Andover Bristol Gilford Joseph Jesseman John Cotton Steve Favorite Scott Dunn Laconia Ossipee Nancy Teach Richard Waitt Dean Anson, II Dr. Patricia Jones Tuftonboro John Warzocha, Alt. Center Harbor Warren Hutchins Roger terKuile Dan Duffy Maureen Criasia Gilmanton Stephen Wingate Ashland Stanley O. Bean, Jr. Meredith Sanbornton Gordon McCormack, Jr. Danbury Ralph Lavin William Bayard Ralph Carter Wolfeboro Vacant Herbert Vadney Roger Murray, III Barnstead Hebron Sandwich Chuck Storm David Kerr Effingham Mitch Manseau Moultonborough Toby Eaton Donald St. Germain, George Bull Herbert Farnham H. Boone Porter Alt. Barbara Perry LAKES REGION PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF Michael Izard Principal Planner Kimon G. Koulet Executive Director Rosemarie Gelinas Administrative Assistant David Jeffers Regional Planner Dari Sassan Regional Planner Barbara Sullivan Bookkeeper Eric Senecal Regional Planner Michelle Therrien GIS Coordinator Lynn Montana Office Clerk Anthony Belmonte Planning Intern iv TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. vix CHAPTER 1: CONTEXT ................................................................................................................ 1 Plan Purpose ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Geographic & Demographic Context ............................................................................................................. 2 Planning History ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Why a Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan for the Lakes Region? ............................................................................. 4 CHAPTER 2: A VISION FOR A BIKEABLE & WALKABLE REGION .................................................. 7 Revising the Vision ....................................................................................................................................... 7 The 2012 Vision .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Clarification of the Vision Statement ............................................................................................................. 8 CHAPTER 3: PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ............................................................................ 10 Public Meetings on Needs and Concerns ....................................................................................................... 10 Public Survey ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Design Concepts .......................................................................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER 4: USE TRENDS & PUBLIC INPUT ............................................................................. 13 NH and US Data and Policies .................................................................................................................. 13 Concerns Expressed Through Public Meetings and Survey ............................................................................ 15 Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Collection ......................................................................................................... 17 Municipal Planning Goals ........................................................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER 5: EXISTING CONDITIONS – THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ........................................ 23 Multi-use Trail Development ....................................................................................................................... 23 Parking ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 Nodal Development Pattern ......................................................................................................................... 33 Pavement Conditions ................................................................................................................................... 33 Shoulder Space ............................................................................................................................................ 35 Lane Widths ............................................................................................................................................... 37 Bicycle Routes and Maps ............................................................................................................................. 41 Sidewalks .................................................................................................................................................... 42 Lakes as Destinations for Cycling ................................................................................................................ 43 Intersections and Crosswalks ........................................................................................................................ 43 CHAPTER 6: ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF WALKABLE & BIKEABLE COMMUNITIES ...................... 47 Employment Impacts ................................................................................................................................... 47 Impacts on Real Estate Sales ....................................................................................................................... 49 Evidence of Positive Impacts in the Lakes Region ......................................................................................... 51 Scenic Byways and Economic Development ................................................................................................... 51 External Costs Avoided .............................................................................................................................. 53 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 54 CHAPTER 7: REGIONAL PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT THE VISION ............... 55 v APPENDIX A: HISTORIC PLANS RELATED TO BIKING AND WALKING IN THE LAKES REGION . 57 APPENDIX B: SURVEY FORM AND RESULTS .............................................................................. 62 APPENDIX C: LOCAL MASTER PLAN GOALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO NON - MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION ........................................................................ 78 APPENDIX D: BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANNING INFORMATION RESOURCES .................. 86 APPENDIX E: MAP OF NHDOT ROAD SHOULDER WIDTH DATA WITH METHODOLOGY ....... 87 TABLES : Table 1 – Mode share of short trips, nationally ……………………………………………………..6 Table 2 – NH and US trip, safety, and funding data ……………………………………………13 Table 3 – Odds of death vs. injury for collisions with motor vehicles, by mode ……………………………15 Table 4 – List of grade-separated crossings that have been converted to at-grade crossings along the Northern Rail Trail within the Lakes Region ……………………………………………………27 Table 5 – Decline in collisions as a function of speed reduction ………………………………………..40 Table 6 – Jobs created within state per $1 million, by infrastructure project type ………………………..48 Table 7 – The Walk Score® of a few of the more densely settled areas of the Lakes Region ……………50 FIGURES : Figure 1 – Percent of people who are overweight or obese, by state ……………………………………..5 Figure 2 – Sample of notes from public meetings ……………………………………………………15 Figure 3 – Survey results on barriers to walking ……………………………………………………18 Figure 4 – Survey results on encouragement for walking ……………………………………………19 Figure 5 – Survey results on barriers to bicycling ……………………………………………………20 Figure 6 – Survey results on encouragement for
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