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rj There are no specific performance measures for bicycling facility construction as in the City of Portland Bicycle Master Plan , whereby they have listed (and therefore documented their accountability for making it happen) the following benchmarks: By 5 years - 75% of streets have appropriate bikeway facilities, By 10 years - 85% of streets have appropriate bikeway facilities, By 20 years - 95% of streets have appropriate bikeway facilities. Benchmarks in the Portland plan are also included for maintenance and end -of -trip facilities. The plan for North Carolina does not include any goals or benchmarks that are so specific that they could be used to affect the programming of the State Transportation Improvement Program for the construction of specific bicycle facilities. NC DOT Pavement Policy The following tables are recreated as excerpts from the NC DOT Roadway Design Manual and are intended to illustrate the existing pavement width policy for NC DOT (for the entire tables see Section E. of the Bicycle Transportation Plan Supplement). This policy should be enforced and endorced by NC DOT by providing more funding toward increasing existing pavement widths and paved shoulders to the standard as depicted through existing maintenance programs. DESIGN CRITERIA PAVEMENT WIDTHS Functional Classification \ Design Speed Current Year ADT* Design Year ADT PAVED SHOULDER POLICY FOR TWO LANE TWO WAY ROAnC Design Year ADT < 4000 < 400 >400 1000 -2000 2000 -4000 >4000 Local \ 50 mph 20 22 22 24 24 Collector \50 mph 20 22 22 24 24 Arterial \50 mph 22 24 24 24 24 PAVED SHOULDER POLICY FOR TWO LANE TWO WAY ROAnC Design Year ADT < 4000 Full Shoulder Width to be Turf. Design Year ADT 4000 -8000 2 -Foot full depth paved shoulders. Design Year ADT >8000 4 -Foot full depth paved shoulders. *ADT — Means Average Daily Traffic or number of vehicles that will use that particular segment of the roadway during a 24 hour period. NC DOT General Programs and Policies Summary The North Carolina Department of Transportation is the agency that oversees the network of roadways, airways, railways and waterways in the state. Within the agency, the division with the primary responsibility for pedestrian and bicycle programs is the Office of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation (OBPT) (NC DOT Transportation Plan, 1996, page 14). The Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974 created the North Carolina Bicycle Committee, a seven - member citizen committee appointed by the Secretary of Transportation to assist OBPT in its efforts. This committee is charged with, among other things, "represent(ing) the interests of bicyclists in advising the Secretary on all matters... pertaining to bicycles and bikeways ", and "promot(ing) the best interests of the bicycling public..." (NC DOT Transportation Plan, 1996, page 17). See Section E. of the Bicycle Transportation Plan Supplement for a complete copy of the Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974. Historically, the Highways Division of NC DOT has also participated in bicycle planning and facility construction through adding bicycling facilities to new roads as part of the Transportation Improvement Program. OBPT has been very influential in assisting, planning, programming and providing other assistance to the municipalities of North Carolina. Because of the passage of ISTEA in 1991 the demands on their services have increased several -fold. As it is incumbent upon local governments to provide dedicated funding to demonstrate their commitment to cycling, it is incumbent upon the Governor and the Secretary of the NORTH CAROLINA Board of Transportation to provide increased resources to OBPT to demonstrate a "renewed" commitment on the part of the State to bicycling. 11