{"id":51963,"date":"2019-09-23T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T13:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negrc.org\/planning-government-services\/?p=51963"},"modified":"2019-09-23T13:14:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T13:14:53","slug":"negrc-offers-bicycling-walking-planning-and-programming-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negrc.org\/planning-government-services\/negrc-offers-bicycling-walking-planning-and-programming-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"NEGRC Offers Bicycling &amp; Walking Planning and Programming Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51964 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/negrc.org\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/BikePed_OctUpdate-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/negrc.org\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/BikePed_OctUpdate-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/negrc.org\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/BikePed_OctUpdate-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/negrc.org\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/BikePed_OctUpdate-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/negrc.org\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/BikePed_OctUpdate.jpg 953w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>An annual contract between the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the NEGRC facilitates bicycling and walking planning and educational services for local governments. Planning &amp; Government Services (PGS) staff are available to assist with related local needs, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Complete streets plans, ordinances, and implementation<\/strong> to target infrastructure and policy measures designed to improve walking and bicycling conditions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trails and greenways plans<\/strong> to define connective networks and priority corridors for active transportation and recreation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safe Routes to School plans<\/strong> to improve safety in and around school zones<\/li>\n<li><strong>Walk and bike audits, specific-area and neighborhood-level plans, corridor improvement strategies, and demonstration projects<\/strong> to create high-quality public spaces<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low-cost walking and bicycling plans<\/strong> to make efficient use of limited resources<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational programs<\/strong> on many of the topics listed above, including low-cost improvements, complete streets foundations, and \u201cBike-Friendly Driver\u201d training (staff would be happy to discuss custom programs tailored to individual municipalities and counties)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the safety benefits that these projects can provide, they also tie into community and economic development, placemaking, tourism, public health, natural resources, and other areas of local interest.<\/p>\n<p>To access the Regional Commission\u2019s services, discuss other creative solutions to your community\u2019s needs, or share local success stories, please contact John Devine, AICP, NEGRC Principal Planner, at <a href=\"ma&#105;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x6a;&#x64;&#x65;vi&#110;&#101;&#64;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x67;&#x72;&#x63;&#46;o&#114;&#103;\">&#106;&#100;&#x65;v&#105;&#x6e;&#x65;&#64;&#110;&#x65;&#x67;r&#99;&#x2e;&#x6f;r&#103;<\/a> or (706) 369-5650.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An annual contract between the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the NEGRC facilitates bicycling and walking planning and educational services for local governments. Planning &amp; Government Services (PGS) staff are available to assist with related local needs, including: Complete streets plans, ordinances, and implementation to target infrastructure and policy measures designed to improve walking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[81,78,30,103,29,26,82,31,101,27],"tags":[136,139,141,140,137,74,114,138],"division":[41],"class_list":["post-51963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ped","category-community-development","category-environment","category-grant","category-health","category-planning","category-recreation","category-safety","category-transportation","category-walking","tag-bike-ped","tag-complete-streets","tag-dnr","tag-gdot","tag-negrc","tag-northeast-georgia","tag-planning","tag-srts","division-pgs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NEGRC Offers Bicycling &amp; Walking Planning and Programming Assistance - Planning &amp; Government Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/negrc.org\/planning-government-services\/negrc-offers-bicycling-walking-planning-and-programming-assistance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NEGRC Offers Bicycling &amp; Walking Planning and Programming Assistance - Planning &amp; Government Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An annual contract between the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the NEGRC facilitates bicycling and walking planning and educational services for local governments. 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