BIKE PLAN

Region 2000 planners have a plan
To make cycling safer if they can.
And, just as they've requested,
Ideas have been suggested
To improve their bicycle plan.


The News & Advance, 18 March 2009:

Pedaling safety

"A meeting to plan bicycle routes on Lunchburg-area roads produced boh suggested routes and comments about safety and tolerance Tuesday at the Forest Public Library."

"In a room full of maps showing the roads most popular -- or likely to become po9pular -- among cyclists, Kelly Hitchcock of the Region 2000 planning staff told about 20 people to mark them up with their favorite distinations."

"Hitchcock said the Region 2000 Bicycle Plan needs updating to promote bicycling as safe and effective transportation. The organization's original plan, developed nine years ago, hasn't evolved since VDOT adotped standards in 2004 to guide it in providing bicycle features such as more room on shoulders."

"Many people at the meeting said features such as signs could help make motorsits aware that the increasing numbers of cyclists are legally entitled to be on the road."

"'Id'd like to see 'Share the Road' signs along Lynchburg streets,' Rivers said. 'I see them in Nelson COunty and Charlottesville, but not here.'"

Region 2000 comprises the city of Lynchburg and its neighboring counties of Bedford, Campbell, Appomattox, and Amherst.