The Friends of the East Jefferson Trails Connections are slated to provide the public with an update on a state initiative to develop “cycle highways.”
With the Washington State …
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The Friends of the East Jefferson Trails Connections are slated to provide the public with an update on a state initiative to develop “cycle highways.”
With the Washington State Department of Transportation publishing the Phase 1 report of the Cycle Highways Action Plan, Brian Wood will be addressing the Friends of the East Jefferson Trails Connections, and any members of the public who attend their meeting, at the Finnriver Farm and Cidery Sept. 11, at 9 a.m.
Wood serves as the state pedestrian and bicycle coordinator for WSDOT’s Active Transportation Division.
“I plan on touring him through State Route 20, to Anderson Lake Road, requesting signage and solar-powered light intervention for cyclists on the road,” said Merrily Mount, who serves as a spokesperson for the Friends of the East Jefferson Trails Connections, and has also worked on the Larry Scott Trail, Olympic Discovery Trail and Peninsula Trails Coalition.
Wood summarized his duties as “grant management, plan development, technical assistance, data analysis and policy work,” and described himself as “an avid bicycle rider, who’s ridden a fair number of miles on the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.”
Wood explained that, in the 2023-2025 biennium, Washington state legislators funded a provision that could support developing cycle highways, “which would make it easier, safer and more comfortable to travel longer distances using active transportation.”
Wood touted cycle highways as “facilitating travel for bicyclists the same way motor vehicle highways do for drivers,” making it easier for more people to bike, “use micro-mobility, or incorporate other forms of active travel to reach destinations and connect across communities.”
Prior to WSDOT, Wood worked as the transportation planner for Island County, and the Island Regional Transportation Planning Organization.
Previous speakers to address the Friends of the East Jefferson Trails Connections this summer have been Brian Hageman, the Olympic View area manager for Washington State Parks, on June 12; Steve Durrant, program director for the Puget Sound to the Pacific Trails Collaborative, on July 10; and Steve King, director of Public Works for the city of Port Townsend, on Aug. 14.
