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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
outgoing Executive Director of Mass Bike
joined officials from the Southeastern
Regional Economic Development District (SRPEDD), Mass
Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the Fall
River Police Department and Traffic
and Parking Office, Bike
Fall River, and Fall
River Mass In Motion for a two-hour walking audit of bicycle access
in the Central Fall River area on December 3,
2014. Following a brief introduction and review of the audit process that
was funded earlier in the year through a federal Highway
Safety Improvement Plan grant given to Fall River and eleven other
communities in Massachusetts. David
Watson of Mass Bike led a team on a two-hour walking tour of central
Fall River to observe traffic patterns and current routes that bicycles
frequently travel in central Fall River. Following the walk audit, the
group were joined by Fall River Police Sgt. Andrew Crook in the Fall River
Police Department Community Room to debrief their observations and make
recommendations for improving bicycling in the City. The audit report will help
to inform future infrastructure changes that will lead to safer and less
challenging bicycling experiences. Click
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(Top row) The audit group leaves the Police Station and walk East along Pleasant Street to the Quarry Street intersection where Rick Schwartz of Bike Fall river points out a problem for bikers. (Row two, left and right) Fall River Police Officer Richard Saraiva comments to Patrick Baxter of Toole Design Group and David Watson of Mass Bike before Fall River Traffic and Parking Clerk Laura Ferreira talks with Rick and David. (Row three) Allan Moore takes notes from the conversation while Sgt. Andrew Crook listens. (Row three, right) Fall River Mass In Motion Coordinator Julie Kelly makes a point while Jackie Schmidt and Lisa Estrella Pedro of SRPEDD and Corey O'Conor from MassDOT listen. (Bottom row, left and right) Erin Reed of MassDOT's Safe Routes to School Program raises a question about youth riders as Alan Reed listens. |
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