El Dorado County Transportation Commission

EDCTC Conducted Bikeability and Walkability
Audits at area Schools

EDCTC recently completed Bikeability and Walkability Audits at El Dorado County Public Schools. The document will be a useful guide for future capital improvements and implementation of programs to encourage walking and biking to school at appropriate locations. For more information, click here.

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BICYCLE FACILITIES DEFINED

CLASS I BIKE PATH: Provides a completely separated facility designed for the exclusive use of bicycles and pedestrians with minimal cross flows by motorists.
CLASS II BIKE LANE: Provides a restricted right-of-way designated for the exclusive or semi-exclusive use of bicycles with through travel by motor vehicles or pedestrians prohibited, but with vehicle parking and cross flows by pedestrians and motorists permitted.
CLASS III BIKE ROUTE: Provides a right-of-way designated by signs or permanent markings and shared with pedestrians and motorists.

More information is available via the following website links:

BICYCLE FACILITY DESIGN GUIDES

BOB SMART
2009 Sacramento Region May is Bike Month Bicycling Advocate of the Year
For years Bob Smart has attended El Dorado County Transportation Commission meetings, County Board of Supervisors meetings, and SACOG Bike/Pedestrian Advisory Committee meetings to elevate non-motorized issues. He has participated in the development of a number of bicycle plans as a member of the local Bicycle Advisory Committee. Smart has dedicated a great portion of his time to securing funding, promoting development, and creating awareness for bicycling in El Dorado County. The county will be a better place for bicyclists in large part due to the efforts of this bicycling advocate.

THE EL DORADO TRAIL
The El Dorado Trail is a concept for a trail that spans the entire length of El Dorado County from the western county line to the Lake Tahoe Basin. The current alignment of the El Dorado Trail includes two railroad rights-of-way: the Michigan-California railroad right-of-way and the Sacramento-Placerville Transportation Corridor. Some segments are already completed with Class I Bike Paths, other segments are currently in development or are proposed. (more)

EL DORADO COUNTY (EDC)
NON-MOTORIZED PLANNING DOCUMENTS

EDC BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Adopted in January 2005 - more info
CITY OF PLACERVILLE
NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Adopted in April 2005 - more info
CITY OF PLACERVILLE
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION PLAN
Adopted in January 2007 - more info

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COREY HARKINS
2009 Sacramento Region May is Bike Month Student Cyclist of the Year
Corey Harkins got involved in advocacy last year by lobbying the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors to make changes to some of the county's rural roads so that he and his fellow students could bicycle to school. As a member of the El Dorado County Youth Commission, Harkins coordinated other high school students to create and produce a Safe Cycling video in partnership with El Dorado County Transportation Commission and the 50 Corridor Transportation Management Association. This month, he helped to put on a Bike Summit including a short student bicycle tour, refreshments, exhibits, and speakers from the American River Conservancy and the EDCTC.