Frederick has been showing a lot of interest in improving cycling. This is just one instance..
During an open house at City Hall Tuesday, consultants Kittelson & Associates asked residents for thoughts on how to make Rosemont Avenue, Seventh Street and nearby roads friendlier for bikers, pedestrians and transit-users.
The short-term study for the City of Frederick will culminate in recommendations to improve safety and access.
Dollar isn't alone in her request for wider lanes and an underpass at the Rosemont Avenue/U.S. 15 interchange. More than two thirds of comments on a website created for the project are related to bicycle access.
Unless walking, biking and using transit is safe, comfortable and convenient, people won't do it, she said.
Kittelson's Jamie Parks emphasized the importance of making drivers aware of pedestrians and bicyclists through signs and visible lanes and crossings.
The consultants said bike lanes or painted bicycle stencils are inexpensive ways to remind drivers to share the road.
The city has allocated funding to create a shared-use path through Baker Park and Waterford Park.
Ultimately, site plans for new development should consider pedestrian, bicycle and transit access
And it's not just biking
During a presentation, consultant Yolanda Takesian ran through a list of dangerous intersections and crosswalks on Rosemont Avenue, Opossumtown Pike, Military Road and Seventh Street. Then she stopped at a photo of a bus stop: A TransIT sign stands in a narrow strip of grass between a road and the fort's fence.
"Who would stand in this location?" she asked.
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