Big Update for Missoula Transportation This Week
By CFS
Besides the start of Bike Walk Bus Week – with community wide incentives and events for those that choose to move around by any mode other than by car – here in Missoula, there are a few other updates that might be of interest to you, the good readers of 4&20.
Update 1:
As indicated by the graphic above, Missoula’s Transportation Planning office is hosting an Open House for citizens to learn about and comment on the 2011 Active Transportation Plan (MATP). The open house will be held on Wednesday, May 4th from 5-7pm in the Missoula Public Library’s large meeting room in the lower floor.
The 2011 Active Transportation Plan takes a comprehensive look at Missoula’s active transportation system: sidewalks, bike lanes, trails, what works, what doesn’t, what needs to be improved and what can help make Missoula an even more livable community. Over the course of a year the plan has been developed with the help of substantial community input and is currently being reviewed by the Planning Board for approval.
Update 2:
Volunteers needed! As part of the MATP planning process a continuing set of bike and pedestrian counts will occur twice each year. The counts are conducted with the help of volunteers… that means you. On Tuesday, May 10th from 4-6pm and again on Saturday, May 14th from 11:30am – 2:30pm counts will be conducted throughout Missoula. The data will be used as a performance measure to analyze how bike/ped improvements affect things like overall safety and the number of people using active transportation as well as identifying where future improvements should potentially be located.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Mirtha Becerra with the Transportation Planning office @ mbecerra@co.missoula.mt.us or 406-258-4989.
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May 2, 2011 at 9:04 pm
my 22 mile commute each day precludes bear on a bicycle cfs but i think it is great that the city puts a lot of effort into this.
had to use mountain line recently though and i will say it is much improved over my last encounter with it five years ago. the new buses are great. very smooth ride with lots of convenient stops. let’s hope we all can make a dent in using less hydrocarbons this month.
May 4, 2011 at 12:55 pm
I was totally unaware of a new “Transportation Planning Office”. Do they have a Director? Was this part of the Taylor study of OPG?
May 4, 2011 at 1:23 pm
It’s the same old office, that was shorter than typing Missoula County Ofice of Planning and Grants, Trnaportation Planning Division.
May 4, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Ahh… What happened to the Bike Ped Office?
May 4, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Still there, under the steady hand lf Phil Smith. His office is part of Public Works… See doesn’t this all get confusing, something the Taylor Report was supposed to address.