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Dixon asks residents to allocate a hypothetical $500,000 among active‑transportation projects
Summary
Workshop participants were asked to divide a hypothetical $500,000 among unfunded active‑transportation projects (South 1st corridor, West A Street bikeway, North Lincoln & Park Green bikeway, Northeast Quad/Patrick Road widening) and to prioritize ReadyRide fare groups; staff said the exercise is advisory and funding is not guaranteed.
As part of the workshop, facilitators ran a participatory budgeting exercise in which attendees were given a hypothetical $500,000 to allocate to active‑transportation projects that currently lack dedicated funding.
"The scenario is that you have $500,000 to allocate to the most important active transportation public works improvements," Rochelle Sherlock told the room, and Christopher Fong then described the candidate projects: South 1st Street corridor improvements (striping, bike lanes, sidewalk widening), West A Street bikeway from Pitts School to North Adams, North Lincoln and Park Green bikeway connecting Northwest Park to Stratford, and a Northeast Quad/Patrick Road widening tied to campus development where developers may build an initial portion and the city would fund further CIP work.
Facilitators said the exercise does not guarantee funding; it is intended to surface community priorities to inform future grants and capital improvement planning. Online attendees could submit their allocations in the chat and in‑person participants used paper worksheets collected at the event.
Staff said the city will compile results and present them to the Transportation Advisory Commission and City Council as part of the CBTTP process.
