September 16, 2024
Gathering meaningful public feedback was a major goal and priority of the Trenton bike plan project team. A new memo, Community Engagement Strategies for Our Streets: A Trenton Bike Plan for All, provides insight into the public engagement process.
Gathering meaningful public feedback was a major goal and priority of the Trenton bike plan project team. The citywide plan, which is forthcoming, proposes adding bicycle facilities and making design changes on certain streets to increase safety for all road users—including bicyclists, skaters, scooters, pedestrians, and drivers. A new memo, Community Engagement Strategies for Our Streets: A Trenton Bike Plan for All, provides insight into the public engagement process.
The DVRPC project team coordinated with the City of Trenton, Trenton Cycling Revolution, Artworks, and the East Trenton Collaborative to host, staff, and program three “Our Streets” public engagement events in neighborhoods across the city. At these events, a variety of tools were used to help the public envision how the recommendations would change the streets, including the temporary installation of pop-up protected bike lanes, the showing of a short video that conveyed a first-person perspective of riding in different types of bike lanes, and the displaying of illustrations to provide additional information on the different types of protected bike lanes proposed — all of which were visual tools to guide conversations about the public’s preferences and concerns. Learn more about the public engagement process in Community Engagement Activities Summary for Our Streets: A Trenton Bike Plan for All.