Bike Walk advisory committee reports year of installations, asks council for role on traffic calming and modest budget

The Essex Junction Bike Walk Advisory Committee reported progress on several visible bicycle and pedestrian projects this year and asked the City Council to give the committee a formal role in the city’s traffic-calming policy and a modest budget increase to support pilot installations.

John, a member of the Bike Walk Advisory Committee, told the council the group “got several new members, a lot of them with young families,” and that the committee led purchases and siting of bike parking, collaborated on design work and outreach, and completed a reapplication for its bike-friendly community designation. "We implemented a bike parking survey" and installations followed, he said, citing locations next to Boxcar, in front of Planet Fitness and the Essex Junction Market.

The committee described technical and engagement work it completed: an RFB purchase of intersection “Blinky Lights” awaiting electrical installation at Athens and Maine; collaboration with…