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Page 34-Orange County,NC I Bicycle&Pedestrian Plan Bicycle&Pedestrian Plan I Orange County,NC-Page 35 <br /> NERSON <br /> WALKING, BIKING, AND SAFETY TODAY <br /> - - - - - - - - <br /> Walking and biking are possible throughout Orange County, but conditions 1 1 <br /> vary depending on location. In towns like Mebane, Hillsborough, Carrboro, and Existing Sidewalk 1 1 <br /> Chapel Hill, the sidewalk and bikeway networks are more developed, and some Existing Bicycle 1 1 <br /> roads are designed to support walking and biking more comfortably. Facility <br /> I <br /> Am Existing Shared I 157 1 <br /> Use Path 53 1 <br /> Current Conditions r-' Study Area I se soUt' 1 <br /> ork V\ttle��v e� 1 <br /> Municipaliti 1 1 <br /> In unincorporated areas outside town 0 included is 1 <br /> limits, infrastructure is often limited planni 1 <br /> or disconnected.Sidewalks are rare <br /> I� 1 <br /> along rural and suburban roads, 1 <br /> and marked bikeways are sparse. <br /> Even where routes are designated p 1 <br /> MEBANE as"bikeable,"high speeds, narrow ,,��,� <br /> a ; I � 6 Eno River 1 <br /> shoulders,and rumble strips make , ,x _ �� it JJ 1 HILLS'B``O�ROUGH State Park 1 CH.I <br /> many of them feel unsafe. <br /> Certain sections of NC 86 and NC Q 0 er <br /> 54 are classified as bikeways,but 1 _ oi�� <br /> they lack signage, lane markings, <br /> ALAMANCE 1 • 70 <br /> or comfortable space for riders. � 1 <br /> Many County roads have no <br /> sidewalk or safe place to walk, • . 1 86 1 <br /> and people must travel along the 1 <br /> 1 � 1 <br /> shoulder or on the edge of the 1 <br /> roadway. i 1 <br /> `�rs <br /> Despite these conditions, people 1 <br /> p p p 1 Duke Forest <br /> are walking and biking all over the `Q�y <br /> County—for errands,for recreation, 1 1�/-YOb <br /> and for getting to work or school. 1 <br /> 0o NoCD <br /> t I �� <br /> These trips are already happening, STOP <br /> TR,\[KS I 1 <br /> even in places where infrastructure is 1 15 1 <br /> minimal or absent. <br /> 544 ,CARRBORO CHAPEL HILL 1 D U R H A M <br /> XX��Ri� � 86 1 <br /> i <br /> y' OMiles t - - i— _ — - - _ ' <br /> 0 1 2 — <br /> 1 <br /> Source:(Orange County,2024) <br /> CHATHAM <br />