Comments on: Draft Regional Bike and Pedestrian Plan July 2009 http://pactsblog.org/blog/2009/07/31/draft-regional-bike-and-pedestrian-plan/ The Blog for the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Portland, ME Urbanized Area Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tony Donovan http://pactsblog.org/blog/2009/07/31/draft-regional-bike-and-pedestrian-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Tony Donovan Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:03:16 +0000 http://pactsblog.org/blog/?p=92#comment-85 As submitted to the State of Maine DOT Rail Plan: Recomendations by the Maine Rail Transit Coalition 1. Protection of Corridors. State Railway corridor acquisition should be done for the purpose of passenger and freight transportation purposes. Non-motorized use, paving corridors for bicycles and trails alongside and crossing the rails are undermining the current and future economic potential of these lines. Our group believes that the current practice of allowing trails such as the Kennebec River Trail and the Sebago to the Sea are examples of investments by State transportation planners that are undermining the corridor use and should be put on hold until a clear economic and environmental cost/benefit analysis is completed. As submitted to the State of Maine DOT Rail Plan: Recomendations by the Maine Rail Transit Coalition
1. Protection of Corridors. State Railway corridor acquisition should be done for the purpose of passenger and freight transportation purposes. Non-motorized use, paving corridors for bicycles and trails alongside and crossing the rails are undermining the current and future economic potential of these lines. Our group believes that the current practice of allowing trails such as the Kennebec River Trail and the Sebago to the Sea are examples of investments by State transportation planners that are undermining the corridor use and should be put on hold until a clear economic and environmental cost/benefit analysis is completed.

]]> By: Nan Cumming http://pactsblog.org/blog/2009/07/31/draft-regional-bike-and-pedestrian-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Nan Cumming Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:07:43 +0000 http://pactsblog.org/blog/?p=92#comment-16 The ultimate Sebago to the Sea Trail route is still being finalized. It follows the Mountain Division Line only into Westbrook, so the label as it stands on the "Central" map is misleading. You could relabel that as MDL and/or add the current route of the S2S trail along the Presumpscot River. Nice job! Nan The ultimate Sebago to the Sea Trail route is still being finalized. It follows the Mountain Division Line only into Westbrook, so the label as it stands on the “Central” map is misleading. You could relabel that as MDL and/or add the current route of the S2S trail along the Presumpscot River.

Nice job!

Nan

]]> By: erik http://pactsblog.org/blog/2009/07/31/draft-regional-bike-and-pedestrian-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-4 erik Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:51:45 +0000 http://pactsblog.org/blog/?p=92#comment-4 I like the maps but they are big. Can you make them smaller and easier to open? I like the maps but they are big. Can you make them smaller and easier to open?

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