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Denver has a good Bicycle Route map (www.dbtc.org). I totally agree with the comment below that you need to highlight Bicylce ROUTES, not routes that are NOT recommended for bicycles. I say this becasue I believe you want to target the less expereienced/novice rider to a medium level riders. Expereinced riders will find their own way regardless of a map.

The primary items labeled on the Denver map are: (1) primary bike paths like our River Cooridoor Trail system; (2) on-street bike routes (i.e., marked bike lanes); (3) secondary bike paths; (4) trail head parking lots; (5) points of interest; and (6) Park n Rides.

It is great to see the Dayton Region taking this so seriously.

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I’d like to see the criteria for making a street green, yellow or red on this map. I wouldn’t consider brown st by UD yellow, and if you look at that section of town, there are gaps connecting the university (or MVH) to downtown in any way.

There’s also no way to get from the northside of the river to downtown without using a red street. There is a bridge over the Great Miami near the Jewish Center that doesn’t exist, and the Monument Street Bridge is missing altogether. You could make the Monument bridge a bike friendly bridge since the traffic is lighter there than main or third streets, but it is currently designated one way for motor vehicles.

There are also no ways to get to downtown from the deep east or northwest (including Grandview Hospital) – which is where a lot of cyclists who rely on bikes as a major means of transportation live.

Call me crazy, but those seem like significant issues, and this map only makes that more apparent. Perhaps the map was created to better understand the issues we are facing to make the community bike friendly?

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Questions that need to be addressed:
1) Who is the primary map user: transportation, recreational cyclists?
2) Is there a need from “traffic volume” rating?
3) Level of street identification, which major and minor streets?
4) Cartographer with bike experience (Steve Spindler Cartography or Stosberg)?
5) Need for web (mobile) interface with user input?

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Consider Portland, Oregon’s bike map (http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=34809&a=181308). SE Hawthorne Blvd is certainly not a recommended route, although some cyclists use it. Hawthorne is not highlighted on the map, but is the same gray as any other non-route street. It is drawn with a thicker line to help with navigation, but the point of this map is to identify the GOOD alternatives a few blocks away: Salmon/Taylor and Harrison/Lincoln.

Here in Dayton, East 3rd street should not be drawn in red. Instead, either 4th or 5th can be shown as a better alternative.

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“Did anyone think about labeling streets as “NOT RECOMMENDED” could disadvantage cyclist in any legal case? The Government “imprimatur” in a sense is undermining cyclists legal rights. ”

My experience as a victim in court is that an auto driver’s defense lawyer could indeed use the map with “not recommended” against a cyclist.

Now for some direct observations about the map:
1. The overlay of Riverside Dr. from Helena south over the bike path should be reversed.
2. The bikeway-bridge over the Miami north of the confluence with Mad River should be removed.
3. The walk-bike-way across the Riverside Dr bridge should be added.
4. Remove the pale yellow color and pale magenta boundary for City of Dayton limits.
5. I disagree with the GREEN designations of Cornell Dr, all downtown streets, Catalpa, and Stewart streets. My personal use says they have too much traffic for a preferred route or beginner route. Their color should be yellow (or blue for experienced cyclists.
6. I disagree with leaving the bikeway green from the Experience Center (on Magee) south to Catalpa/Oakridge. It should be yellow, due to its disrepair.
7. I suggest adding Princeton from Salem to Wesleyan Park as a green route.
8. I suggest adding Belmonte Pk N to Superior to Catalpa as a green route.
9. I suggest adding Broadway from W 3rd north to Superior as a yellow route.
10. Add the bikeway from Wesleyan Park to the Experience Center.
11. The red downtown streets could be designated yellow.
12. Jackson St to the biekway overpass of US 35 could be designated green.
13. The “bikeway” designated at the boundary of Dayton and Oakwood should be yellow. It is traversable only by mountain bike. With shocks.
14. Enlist Oakwood, Riverside, Kettering, Moraine, Jeffereson Twp, Trotwood, Harrison Twp, and Huber Heights to contribute to this map!
15. This map, with its disjunct routes, should become a tool to support signage and development for direct, cross-city cycling routes for school access, park access, and commuting!

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http://mark.stosberg.com/bike/bike-route-mapping/

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An overview map, or inserts, for the regional bike trails showing where the trails that continue beyond the limits of the map go, would also be helpful.

Mileage marked on the map at one mile intervals for the regional bike trails would be a nice touch.

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