Bicycle and Pedestrian

Bicycle Facility Planning
Pedestrian Facility Planning
Safe Routes to School
Seasonal Mobility Task Force

Bicycle Facility Planning

A new multi-use facility is being designed for Yankovich and Miller Hill Roads. Current funding will only extend the new path to Dalton Trail, but additional funding is being sought to complete the project down Yankovich and Miller Hill Road to Sheep Creek Road.

North Pole facilities currently in design include Plack Road, Saint Nicholas Drive, Cross Way, Davis, 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue, Santa Claus Lane and Davis Boulevard.

Gold Hill is in design as is the Chena Hot Springs to Farmers Loop Road. Future projects include a facility on Gold Hill Road and a multi-use path connecting Chena Hot Springs Road to Farmers Loop Road.

BikeWays Map for the Fairbanks Metropolitan Area 4 mb

Pedestrian Facility Planning

Current infrastructure projects integrate the Complete Streets philosophy wherever funding allows. This ensures that that roadway designs are engineered with all users in mind. FMATS intends to develop a comprehensive Pedestrian Plan in the future.

Additional projects focus strictly on pedestrian facility construction. The proposed City of Fairbanks ADA Curb Corner project will not only make downtown street crossings ADA compliant, it will also replace adjoining segments of sidewalk in need of repair.

Seasonal Mobility Task Force

The Winter Mobility Task Force was formed following a Sidewalk Summit meeting hosted by the City of Fairbanks in January 2009. The request came from the FMATS Policy Committee for this Task Force to broaden its focus to address improving mobility year-round. The Task Force was charged with exploring the overall issues surrounding mobility and strategizing solutions.

Task Force participants include representatives from the Maintenance and Operations Departments from each of the responsible agencies along with individuals from the FNSB School District Facilities Maintenance, Festival Fairbanks, the Downtown Association, Access Alaska, FMATS and FNSB MACS Transit and Air Quality divisions.

Winter maintenance is a priority issue for FMATS due to federal regulatory mandates, ongoing receipt of public complaints, and concerns voiced by senior and disabled advocacy groups. Federal regulations require maintenance on all facilities constructed with federal funding. Public complaints received can be summarized as a general concern that pedestrian travel in the winter is inconvenient, unsafe, and sometimes even impossible.

Task Force Goals:

• Consistent year-round routine maintenance that is above and beyond compliance with ADA standards on facilities throughout the FMATS pedestrian network
• Preservation of the existing pedestrian network through preventive maintenance
• Rehabilitation and expansion of the FMATS pedestrian network to provide for safe access for ALL users
• Increased user confidence in pedestrian safety and accessibility

Seasonal Mobility Task Force Recommendations Report

FMATS Resolution of Support

Agency Maintenance Responsibility Map