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CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM |
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Department: |
Planning |
Commission Meeting Date: March 21, 2017 |
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Staff Contact: |
Jessica Mortinger, Senior Transportation Planner |
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Recommendations/Options/Action Requested: |
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Accept the Bike Share Feasibility Study – www.lawrenceks.org/mpo/bikeshare |
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Executive Summary: |
The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) engaged Toole Design Group to explore the feasibility of a bike share program in Lawrence, KS and to explore what a future program might look like including who would use the program, how large it would be, how it would be rolled out, who would own, manage, and operate it, how much it would cost, and how it would be funded. Based on extensive stakeholder and public outreach and a local context analysis, it would be feasible to implement a bike share program in Lawrence. Using best-practice planning principles from around the country, the report provides a framework for a bike share program that can be used by the region’s stakeholders to guide its future development.
Implementation of a bike share system in Lawrence should be explored. The next step identified in the study is to form an implementation steering committee comprised of various University of Kansas departments and other entities to explore project development by establishing a work plan and determining financial possibilities.
The MPO approved this study on March 26, 2017. |
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Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor |
Innovative Infrastructure and Asset Management Collaborative Solutions |
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Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source): |
The study determines a bike share program is feasible. The fiscal impact will be determined based on the level of implementation. However, accepting the document does not commit the City Commission to funding implementation. |
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Reviewed By: (for CMO use only) |
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