The Active Transportation Corridors Map (Nonmotorized Transportation
Map).
This Circulation Plan establishes the Active Transportation
Corridors Map, to create a network of critical, continuous, safe,
and convenient connections for nonmotorized transportation (bicycles,
pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs, e-bikes where permitted by law,
etc.). While it may be used for recreation or connect to the Colorado
River and other trails, the active transportation corridors are intended
to provide a complete alternative network of nonmotorized traffic
routes. This includes using existing streets and future trails along
waterways (canals, ditches and drainages) to connect neighborhood,
schools, parks and other open space areas, as well as commercial and
business districts with each other. It further identifies specific
corridors that follow and support the Network Map and links important
centers identified in the Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use
Map with neighborhoods and other attractions and local amenities.
Active transportation corridors will include some canal, ditch
and drainageway alignments where they provide the safest and best
connections between neighborhoods and area attractions. This focused
approach limits the use of canals, ditches and drainageways to only
those routes that are most viable and critical for the active transportation
network. During the planning, design and construction of these corridors
the best route can be established which may include a combination
of canals, ditches, drainageways, roads or other properties to locate
the actual active transportation nonmotorized corridor on. Final location
of these routes may be located on, along, adjacent to or near the
canals, ditches and drainageways, but will be constructed to respect
canal and drainage companies’ operations.
The Active Transportation Corridors Map will be used to support
more detailed planning and implementation, including capital construction
of sidewalks, bike lanes and trail infrastructure. Active transportation
corridors can be improved during new development projects or through
capital improvement projects and through the development of drainageways
as identified in the Grand Junction Comprehensive Plan.
As property develops there may be situations where trails may be a desired amenity but a route is not shown on the map. An example of this may be providing a connection from an internal subdivision street to an outside collector or arterial street. Constructing these types of site and development specific improvements will provide connectivity that helps the overall transportation system work. See also GJMC §
31.08.130, Section
B: Strategies/Policies – Improve the Urban Trails System both on and connecting to active transportation corridors (Strategy). A full-page map of the active transportation corridors is included in GJMC §
31.08.150, Appendix A – Maps, as Figure 2.