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Improved Bicycle and Pedestrian Access

Between City and Shelby Farms to be Studied

Community pressure has won a small battle. In response to a number of citizen organizations prodding a
study is commissioned. This study will make recommendations for improved bicycle and pedestrian access
along Walnut Grove Rd. in the I-240 area.

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee met on May 16, to consider the Scope of Services
presented to TDOT by RPM Traffic Consultants. RPM is the same organization that conducted the study to
establish the bicycle and pedestrian plan in 2004.

TDOT will award the contract for the study in the very near future. RPM will perform the study and report
their concepts for several bicycle and pedestrian routes. The BPAC will see those concepts for comment.
There will be public meetings so everyone can have input on this process.

MSTA will keep the public informed on this and other important cycling issues. When meetings are
scheduled, they will be announced on this web site.

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) of the Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) met for a kickoff meeting about the Walnut / Grove Humphries Road project. In this meeting
Bob Murphy of RPM Traffic Consulting presented an explanation of the processes and procedures that
will be followed in this study.

RPM also took suggestions from the BPAC concerning possible connections through the area. A
number of alternate routes and connections were discussed. These suggestions will be included in
development of the 5 proposed designs RPM is required to present as possible designs.

The next BPAC meeting is a few months away. More details will be available at that time. A number
of people have asked where letters of support should be sent. At this time these are the appropriate
recipients. There is not a defined proposal, however, you can ask them to support the process and
the results of the study. More information will be announced as it becomes available.