Route Reveiw & Bike Guide 16 Sep09.Key

• Calais-to-Kittery Route Review

• Cue Sheet Update

Bicycle and Pedestrian Council16 September 2009

Cross-Maine Bicycle Route

How the ‘ECG’ Continuous Travel Route was Developed.

Continuous Travel Route• On-Road

• Safe

• Direct

• Scenic

• Connects completed trail

Shoulders of US Route 1

Trails & ‘nice’ Roads

Maine’s Next Steps

• Let’s work for Maine to have the first new National Bike Route designated (BR 1)

• Refine existing Calais to Kittery route

• Letter to NHDOT to support designated route.

• Submit application to AASHTO Special Committee on Route Numbering for their Spring meeting.

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Adventure Cycling & East Coast Greenway Routes

Ellsworth South

Current Route - 10.6 miles

Proposed Route - 15.7 miles

Ellsworth South

• CURRENT– 10.6 miles– US 1– Wide shoulder– Few views

• REVISION– 15.6 miles– ACA Route– Union River & Toddy

Pond views– Less Traffic, but no

shoulder

Camden - Lincolnville

Proposed Route - 7.6 miles

Current Route - 11.9 miles

• Calais-to-Kittery Route Review

• Cue Sheet Update

Bicycle and Pedestrian Council16 September 2009

Cue Sheets

• www.exploremaine.org

• 2001 vintage

• old format

• 10 pages

Cue Sheets

• www.greenway.org

• 2007 vintage

• revised format

• 3 pages

Cue Sheets

• in progress

• 2009 vintage

• new format

• 1 page

Turn-by-turn directions in both directions (cue sheets)

BACK-UPS

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What portions of the ECGShared-use Path should be

designated as BR 1?

• Limited Access Highway• More Direct via path• Provided adequate Surface for Touring Bikes

Generally BR 1 will follow road ways andprovide a parallel bikeway for ECG users

except when:

Provide users the choice of sharing the road or using aShared-use path when traveling across Maine.