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Whitefish planners amend transportation goal language, debate e‑bikes and remove Columbia Avenue collector label
Summary
The Planning Commission revised language in the transportation goals—adding 'for all ages and abilities' and replacing 'nonmotorized' with 'active transportation'—debated whether electric-assisted vehicles should be allowed on trails, and directed staff to change the map to remove Columbia Avenue's collector designation north of 7th Street.
The Whitefish Planning Commission spent the bulk of its Nov. 19 meeting reviewing the draft transportation element, agreeing to several wording changes and asking staff to adjust the draft map to reduce concerns about through-traffic in residential neighborhoods.
The commission agreed to add “for all ages and abilities” to Goal 1 (multimodal transportation), and to replace the term “nonmotorized” with “active transportation” in objectives to be more inclusive of a range of personal mobility devices and to avoid unintentionally excluding people who rely on electric-assist devices. Unidentified Chair (S1) summarized the change as an attempt to…
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