phased in five-y ear increm ents through 2020. The A lternative Measures pertaining to bicy cle facility planning are listed in Table 10-1. Table 10-1 Alternative RTP Performance Measures Related to the Bicycle System for the Rogue Valley MPO Measure Intent Current 2000 Benchm ark 2005 Benchm ark 2010 Benchm ark 2015 Target 2020 Measure 1: Transit and bicycle/ pedestrian mode share Demonstrate a shift in travel behavior aw ay from the automobile % of daily trips Transit: 1.0 Bike/Ped: 8.2 % of daily trips Transit: 1.2 Bike/Ped: 8.4 % of daily trips Transit: 1.6 Bike/Ped: 8.4 % of daily trips Transit: 2.2 Bike/Ped: 9.8 % of daily trips Transit: 3.0 Bike/Ped: 11.0 Measure 3: Percent of arterials and collector s with bicycle facilities Track the progress of including these facilities on the str eet netw ork and demonstrate improved accessibility for bicy clists 21% 28% 37% 48% 60% Measure 7: Alternative Transportation Funding * Demonstrate commitment to implementing the alternative transportation projects upon w hich many of the measures rely N/A $950,000 $2.5 million $4.3 million $6.4 million Source: Land Conservation and Development Commission, OAR 660-012-0035(5), April 3, 2002. * Dollar Amounts are cumulative from 2000 through 2020. Needs Although bicycle facilities are located on several arterial and collector streets in the Medford UGB, m any streets presently lack bicy cle am enities. The facilities that do exist cover only a limited geographic area and, in most cases, are disconnected from each other. Many of the City ’s public schools are poorly connected with surrounding neighborhoods, reducing the opportunity for convenient and safe bicy cle travel for employees and students. Nearly half of Medford’ s 19 public schools are currently not served by bikeway s. Major em ployee and com mercial centers also suffer from a general lack of connectivity . For exam ple, the Rogue Valley Mall currently generates a si gnificant am ount of bicy cle and pedestrian traffic, and the nearby Bear Creek Path provides connections for walkers and bicy lists to m any parts of Medford. Yet the m all and the path are poorly connected to other parts of the city. Major activity centers along Crater Lake Avenue also need im proved bicycle connections. Bikeway s will also need to be improved and extended to serve Medford’s existing and planned Transit Oriented Districts (TODs). Prim arily located on the urban fringe, the existing and planned TODs currently lack bicycle facilities. Providing these am enities will prom ote use of alternative travel m odes and reduce reliance on the autom obile. To fulfill requirem ents of the TPR, the Alternative Measures package calls for increasing the percentage of arterial and collector streets containing bicy cle a nd pedestrian facilities. In 2000, bikeway s existed on 21 percent of the arterial and collector streets in the RVMPO area (including the urban growth areas for Medford Transportatio n System Plan 10-3 Non-M otorized Transportation Plan

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