Today Is the Last Day to Use Mapping Tool to
Help Plan City's Bike Network
NEW ORLEANS -- The City of New Orleans reminds residents that today is the deadline for online community involvement in informing Moving New Orleans Bikes, the citywide protected bikeway network plan, by using the Mapping Tool. New Orleans residents are encouraged to use the Mapping Tool to provide information about where people are traveling by bicycle and where improvements to the network should be made.
As part of a larger strategy -- called Moving New Orleans -- to improve safety, connectivity, equity, and efficiency across all modes of transportation, the City is leading with Moving New Orleans: Bikes. This planning process, made up of the Mapping Tool and a host of open house-style meetings that took place earlier this spring, are the first steps towards rapidly building connected and protected bikeways for all of New Orleans.
The network builds on the success of the City's work with Bike Easy on the organization's Connect the Crescent project as the City moves forward with permanent improvements to the bikeway network. More than 86 percent of the almost 900 people surveyed supported Connect the Crescent's reorganizing of the roadways with protected bikeways, including 76 percent of people surveyed who drive every day.
Good bike infrastructure can benefit everyone, even those who never ride. Along with transit, walking, and driving, bicycling is an important transportation option that provides numerous benefits to individuals, families, and the city. A better network will provide job access, health benefits, reduced demand for parking, and a general improved quality of life.
The Mapping Tool can be found here: https://app.maptionnaire.com/en/5989/
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