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Chapter 4: Policies, Actions and Projects
Bikeways, Trails, Parks and Recreation Master Plan |
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B4.
Encourage active and safe transportation through education and outreach.
Actions
B4-1.
Develop multi-modal traveler safety education materials and programs to
teach all roadway users about how to safely drive and ride bikes on or near
streets with bikeways and trails.
B4-2.
Develop a user-friendly, multi-modal network map that allows users to
easily navigate the system according to their comfort and ability level.
B4-3.
Provide bicycle education for primary school children. Work with schools to
continue and expand the Safe Routes to School program to teach children
to safely walk and ride a bicycle to school.
B4-4.
Support General Plan Action TR-8.G by actively pursuing bicycle safety and
promotion programs, encouraging partnership with the police department,
MHUSD, bicycle clubs, and other interested agencies and organizations to
provide information and resources such as helmet fittings at community
events.
B4-5.
Seek grant funding to support active transportation education and
outreach.
B5.
Support economic and community development through active
transportation and active recreation activities.
Actions
B5-1.
Support the Downtown district and business owners in accommodating
customers arriving by bicycle.
B5-2.
Enhance connections to regional bicycle routes and develop programs to
encourage visitors or bicycle riders passing through Morgan Hill to visit
Downtown.
B5-3.
Promote and support people walking and bicycling to community events by
providing legible wayfinding and convenient bicycle parking.
B6.
Provide safe, accessible and convenient bicycle parking and other support
services to people travelling by bicycle.
Actions
B6-1.
Monitor bicycle parking facility usage to determine when new or expanded
facilities are needed.
B6-2.
Establish visible and accessible platforms for community members to
request new or expanded bike parking. At destinations with high bicycle
parking demand, consider allocating more public right-of-way to provide
bicycle racks and bicycle corrals, possibly in the place of a vehicular
parking space.