Bikeway projects listed by MVRPC

The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) held a series of public meetings in October 2011 to encourage participation in the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan Update. The update includes a draft list of transportation projects for all forms of transportation, including bicycling.

The list includes these projects that may be completed in 2012:

• In Montgomery County
• Centerville-Dayton connector trail from downtown Dayton 6.4 miles to Kettering
• Kettering Trail south from the Kettering Business Park 1.5 miles to the corner of Stroop and Wilmington
• Connector trail along Austin Road, north of the Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, 1.0 mile toward and through Waldruhe Park, then north on the eastern side of SR 741 to connect with an existing trail
• In Greene County
• Bellbrook-Fairborn connector trail from the existing bikeway at New Germany-Trebein
  Road (the Fairfield Commons-WSU Connector), traveling north across I-675 for 0.5 mile to
  Colonel Glenn Highway 
• Mad River Trail east from Eastwood Park, 3.4 miles to Huffman Metro Park
• Xenia-Jamestown connector trail from Xenia Station, 3.7 miles to Jasper Road
• In Miami County
• Great Miami River Trail pedestrian bridge across the Great Miami River, 1600 feet south of Peterson Road

Map of 2012-2014 cycling projects. Click to enlarge.

The cycling projects in the list (for activity from 2012 through 2040) are coded on the map with these letter-number designations:

Montgomery County, clockwise from top left

• G3—Wolf Creek Trail linking the segments from J.H.McGee Boulevard, 2.2 miles to Vickwood Lane unfunded
• M2—Wolf Creek connector trail along US 40 from Union Boulevard 0.6 mile to the Englewood
  Reserve unfunded
• M1—Wolf Creek connector trail along Union Road from the Wolf Creek Bikeway 4.1 miles to the
  existing path at I-70 unfunded
• L3—Stillwater River Trail from the existing Englewood Reserve Bikeway, 10.4 miles north along the Stillwater River corridor, to SR 55 unfunded
• L1—Stillwater River Trail from existing bikeway at Sinclair Park, north 4.7 miles to Grossnickle
  Park unfunded
• U3—Carriage Hills connector trail from Huffman MetroPark to Carriage Hill MetroPark via Union
  School House, Baker, Kitridge, and Bellefontaine Roads 8.3 miles unfunded
• X1—Great Miami River-Creekside connector trail paralleling US 35 to 4th St. along rail right of way then west to Keowee St and North to Monument Avenue 3.1 miles unfunded
• J1—Centerville-Dayton connector trail from downtown Dayton 6.4 miles to Kettering that uses a combination of on-street and off-street facilities funded 2012
• D1—Kettering Trail south from the Kettering Business Park 1.5 miles to proposed bikeway (see J2b) terminus at Stroop and Wilmington funded 2012
• C7—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail from existing SR 725 bikeway,
  0.7 mile east from Marwyck Drive to Wilmington Pike unfunded
• J4—Centerville-Dayton connector trail from Boyce Road, 2.4 miles to Social Row Road using Clareridge Lane, Spring Valley and Atchison Roads unfunded
• J3 (not on map)—Centerville-Dayton connector trail with bicycle/pedestrian crossing at I-675, 0.33 mi east of Loop Road and 0.5 mile to Alex Bell Road unfunded
• C5—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail east along residential streets from McEwen Road 5.0 mile to Alexandersville-Bellbrook Pike unfunded
• C4—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail (bike lane retrofit) 0.4 mile of Spring Valley Pike to between Yankee St. and McEwan Road unfunded
• N1—River Corridors connector trail 10.7 miles along Miamisburg-Springboro Road, Austin Pike, Social Row Road between Medlar Road and Wilmington-Dayton Road; widen shoulders on Ferry Road, Lytle Road between Wilmington-Dayton Road and North St. in Corwin; develop signed on-street bikeway along North St. and Corwin Road to Little Miami Scenic River Trail  unfunded
• N1a—Connector trail along Austin Road, north of the Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, 1.0 mile toward and through Waldruhe Park, then north on the eastern side of SR 741 to connect with an existing trail funded 2012
• T1—East-West Corridors connector trail facilities along SR 741 between Austin Pike and Cox
  Arboretum (including path between Austin Pike and Miami Village Drive; bike lanes from Miami Village Dr, 3.9 miles to Lyons Road; sidewalks and wide outside lanes between Lyons Road and Cox Arboretum) unfunded
• V1—Great Miami River-Centerville connector trail following 8.2 miles of local streets and shared use paths that connect Moraine, West Carrollton, Washington Township, Centerville, and Bellbrook via Cox Arboretum, Yankee Park, Grant Park and Pleasant Hill Park unfunded
• N2—River Corridors connector trail from Miami Twp. at the Great Miami River Trail 2.1 miles to Miamisburg-Springboro Road unfunded
• C2—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail using widened shoulders on Lower
  Miamisburg Road, Riverview Ave., and Maue Road, 6.8 miles between SR 4 and
  Alexandersville Road unfunded
• C1—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail along Twin Creek from Main St, 1.0 mile to intersection of SR 4 and SR 725 unfunded
• M3—Wolf Creek connector trail using widened shoulders on Union Road from existing Wolf Creek Trail in Trotwood 11.6 miles to SR 725 unfunded
• K11—Great Miami River Trail on Gettysburg Avenue, 1.6 miles to West River Road via Guthrie Road and McArthur Park unfunded
• K10—Great Miami River Trail on the west river bank from Stewart
  street, 3.0 miles to Gettysburg Avenue and spur to Sunwatch Indian Village unfunded
• G2—Wolf Creek Trail from J.H. McGee Boulevard, 2.0 miles to Vickwood Lane unfunded

Greene County, clockwise from top left

• I4—Bellbrook-Fairborn connector trail 1.0 mile north through Wright State University from Colonel Glenn Hwy. to Kauffman Ave. unfunded
• I3—Bellbrook-Fairborn connector trail from the existing bikeway at New Germany-Trebein
  Road (the Fairfield Commons-WSU Connector), traveling north across I-675 for 0.5 mile to
  Colonel Glenn Highway funded 2012 
• B1—Fairborn-Yellow Springs-Cedarville connector trail from South Street, 1.6 miles to Xenia Drive (Add bike lanes on Xenia Drive between Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road.) unfunded
• E1 (not on map)—Mad River Trail east from Eastwood Park, 3.4 miles to Huffman Metro Park funded 2012
• E4—Mad River Trail northeast from existing Mad River Corridor Bikeway along former
  railroad, 2.8 miles to Enon unfunded
• B3—Fairborn-Yellow Springs-Cedarville connector trail, 6.1 miles (Widen shoulders on Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road between Xenia Drive and Little Miami Scenic Trail.) unfunded
• B4—Fairborn-Yellow Springs-Cedarville connector trail using widened shoulders on SR 343 and SR
  72 between Yellow Springs and Cedarville unfunded
• O2—Bowersville-Jamestown-Clifton connector trail using widened shoulders on Charleston Road
  and Selma-Jamestown Road from Jamestown 10.4 miles to Greene/Clark county line unfunded
• O1—Bowersville-Jamestown-Clifton connector trail using widened shoulders on SR 72 from Bowersville 5.4 miles to Jamestown unfunded
• C11—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail using widened shoulders 16.3 miles between Spring Valley and Bowersville via Spring Valley-Pointersville Road and Hussey Road unfunded
• C10 —Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail from Sackett-Wright Park in Bellbrook, 4.6 miles to the Little Miami Scenic Trail unfunded
• I1 (not on map)—Bellbrook-Fairborn connector trail from SR 725 along W. Walnut St., 0.3 mile to existing bikeway at Bellbrook Park unfunded
• I2—Bellbrook-Fairborn connector trail 5.5 miles north along Upper Bellbrook, Feedwire, S. Alpha-
  Bellbrook, Stutsman, and N. Fairfield Road, to Seajay Drive unfunded
• H1 (not on map)—Xenia-Jamestown connector trail from Xenia Station, 3.7 miles to Jasper Road funded 2012
• C8 (not on map)—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail east along SR 725, from Wilmington Pike to 0.02 miles east unfunded
• C9 (not on map)—Germantown-Spring Valley-Bowersville connector trail east along SR 725, from Bellevue Drive, 0.5 mile to Rosecrest Drive unfunded
• N1—See Montgomery County

Miami County, clockwise from top left

• Q1—Cardinal Trail using widened shoulders along the Cardinal Trail route (Covington-
  Gettysburg Road) from Covington 4.7 miles to the Miami/Darke County line unfunded
• A1—Covington-Piqua "Fletcher Connector Trail" from Cardinal Trail, 3.5 miles north on High Street to abandoned Conrail right-of-way, then east along right-of-way unfunded
• K7—Great Miami River Trail north from Johnston Farm, 2.1 miles to the County Line 
• Y2 (not on map)—Piqua Bikeway Hub redeveloped historical building at the intersection of the Great Miami River trail and the Piqua-Covington Fletcher Trail unfunded
• K6b (not on map)—Great Miami River Trail from Riverside Drive, 1.5 miles to Eldean Road  unfunded
  
• K6e—Great Miami River Trail pedestrian bridge across the Great Miami River, 1600 feet south of Peterson Road funded 2012
• Q2—Cardinal Trail using widened shoulders along the Cardinal Trail route from Covington 20.1 miles to the Miami/Champaign County line (Spring St., CR 30, Farrington Road, Peterson Road, Alcony-Canover Road, and Loy Road) unfunded
• A2—Fletcher connector trail from Piqua, 9.0 miles to and Miami/Champaign county line via Garbry’s Big Woods Reserve and Sanctuary unfunded
• P1—Troy-Fletcher connector trail using widened shoulders along SR 55 and SR 589, providing an on-street 10.6-mile bikeway linking Troy, Casstown, and Fletcher unfunded
• U2—Carriage Hills connector trail from Carriage Hills MetroPark 8.0 miles to New Carlisle via widened shoulders on SR 202, Singer Road, Palmer Road, SR 571, Dayton-Brandt Road, and former railroad corridor between Dayton-Brandt Road and New Carlisle unfunded
• U1—Carriage Hills connector trail from Great Miami River Trail 4.2 miles to Carriage Hills MetroPark through Carriage Trails development unfunded
• Y1 (not on map)—Troy Bikeway Hub constructed structure unfunded
• R2—Laura-Troy connector trail paralleling SR 55 and along former Penn Central Railroad from Ludlow Falls 7.6 miles to Troy unfunded
• L3—See Montgomery County
• R1—Laura-Troy connector trail along former railroad corridor from Laura 6.1 miles to Ludlow Falls unfunded
• L5—Stillwater River Trail roughly paralleling SR 48 from Covington, 10.0 miles to Ludlow Falls unfunded

Warren County

• F1—Great Miami-Little Miami connector trail along SR
  123 from downtown Franklin through Clear Creek 3.6 miles to Lower Springboro Road unfunded
• F2—Great Miami-Little Miami connector trail on Lower Springboro Road from proposed
  Clear Creek Trail 8.2 miles to US 42 unfunded
• K9—Great Miami River Trail from Baxter Drive, 2.0 miles to Miami River Preserve Park unfunded
• T2—East-West Corridors connector trail (bike lanes) on SR 741 from Springboro High School
  4.1 miles to Austin Pike unfunded

The funded projects for 2012 total $12.6M and 16 miles. The planned projects through 2040 total $92M (2011 dollars) and 262 miles.

Daylight comes

The daylight wins ever so gradually more of the time cycle from night. As I eat breakfast and care for my dog Howard, I watch for the first glimpse of sunrise. It's 6:58 and still dark, though a lightening haze floats over the houses to the east.

Last night, driving through Kettering on an errand to buy another bag of special dog food for  Howard, I found myself thinking It's already too dark to be biking home, and here it is 6:17. As I left work a half hour ago, I thought that it was light enough to still be well-enough lit after a forty-minute commute. But that first hopeful thought was proven wrong.

I had looked up the sunrise and sunset times a week ago and decided that Valentine's Day might be the first day with a workable amount of sunlight to allow a bike commute.Sunrise at 7:31 and sunset at 6:11 will leave10 hours and 40 minutes for eight and a half hours of work and an hour and a half for the commute.

As long as the weather holds.

Ride conditions
Temperature: 45 to 48°F at 07:11
Precipitation: none
Winds: calm to 10 mph from the south
Sunrise today: 07:46
Sunset today: 17:55

Preparation for 2012 commuting

Sunday, 29 January 2012

Winds were not too bad on my way to the gym, but the return trip was a slog through the westerly winds. The gym workout was a scaled-down upper body session.

Ride conditions
Temperature: 32 to 39°F between 13:30 and 16:15
Precipitation: none
Winds: 18 to 23 mph from the west
Clothing: Longsleeve skinsuit, longsleeve undershirt, light tights, ankle socks, light Neoprene jacket, full-finger gloves
Bike: Trek 850
Time: 01:30:51 for 17.44 miles
Heart rate: 140 bpm HRave, 166 bpm HRmax
Playback of the ride