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1) Planning
Defining problems and opportunities and planning a course of action |
- Agencies identify needs
- Decide what to fund
- Agencies advertise and hold public
meetings
- Revise planning based on technical
input, citizen requests and local funding
decisions
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- Submit requests to be included in long-term plans
- Request specific facilities and funding for bicycling
- Attend public meetings
- Write letters to agencies and elected officials
- Meet with local officials
- Volunteer on advisory committees and commissions
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2) Project Development
Starting a project |
- Consider and select design alternatives
- Collect data and perform field surveys
- Establish design assumptions and values
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- Get to know the project manager
- Provide input on alternatives and recommend inclusion of bicycling accommodations
- Question assumptions and check for incorrect data
- Investigate through local officials why survey crew or stakes are in field as these may indicate future project
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3) Preliminary Design
Preparing initial engineering
plans and calculations |
- Determine project size, type, location
- Prepare design based on available
right-of-way, existing facilities, safety,
obstacles and funds
- Prepare design in accordance with
standards and adopted policies
- Prepare detailed plans and studies to 30-
40 percent completion
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- Find out what is specifically proposed to
accommodate bicycling
- Insist that locally-adopted policies and plans be
followed and ask why exceptions are made
- Visit site with plans to look for missed details
and unaddressed concerns or opportunities
- Watch for public meeting advertisements
- Make suggestions early as changes are harder
to incorporate further along in the process
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4) Public Meetings and Revisions
Conduct meetings and
hearings to involve the general public in the decisions |
- Present plans and studies to citizens and
other stakeholders in open forum
- Agency ensures hearing location and
information is accessible to all of public
- Change plans based on internal reviews
and comments from other agencies
- Consider comments from public
with some possibly triggering changes
to plans
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- Attend public meetings and hearings
- Alert other community members about plans
- Coordinate among advocates for consistency
- Educate officials about bicycling safety needs
- Remind officials of policies and bicycling guidelines
- Ask about bicycling access during all phases of
construction
- Submit detailed written comments within deadlines
- Check revised plans to ensure that bicycling
accommodations are not impaired during redesign
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5) Final Design
Prepare final detailed
engineering plans to
construct the project |
- Finalize plans for construction
- Plans can vary from preliminary design
- Some projects may become
"Design/Build" and move through a
compressed schedule handled by a
private firm
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- Monitor for possible design changes
- Stay in touch with project manager
- Once in final design, changing plans becomes
considerably more difficult
- Review and comment on items that may be
prepared late in the process such as traffic striping
and construction detour plans
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6) Right-of-Way (ROW)
Acquisition
Agency or its agents
enter negotiations with
landowners |
- Negotiate and purchase ROW from
adjacent property owners
- Purchase offers determined based on
fair market value
- Contact utility companies about
relocations
- Obtain permits and authorizations
- Issue notice to proceed
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Monitor plans for possible late-stage design changes
- Check for utility relocation impact on bicycling
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7) Construction
Project is awarded and built
in accordance with the
approved plans |
- Invite bids and award project
- Agree on cost and time to completion
- Hand over day-to-day management
from project manager to construction
manager
- Supervise and inspect project for quality
and conformity to plans
- Manage traffic flow and access during
construction per the plans
- Change plans when unexpected
situations arise in the field
- Construction delays can be expected
due to weather, supply problems and
unforeseen discoveries
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- Monitor to ensure that unexpected field changes
do not impact bicycling facilities
- Check for safe ongoing bicycling access
Construction trailer offices are sometimes open
to the public (call first)
- Bring field problems to the construction manager
rather than addressing them to construction workers
- Take photos to document problematic conditions
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8) Final Inspection
Road or facility is opened
and put into use |
- Conduct final inspection of new
construction
- Open new facility after final approval
- Plans available on file at agency for
future reference
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- Publicize project
- Thank and recognize officials
- Ride on new facilities
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