Wayfinding could be major issue addressed
The Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County is hoping to get feedback on recommendations for making the area more bicycle-friendly.
The organization last week released the draft recommendations for its Metro Area Bicycle Master Plan, which covers Coralville, North Liberty, Tiffin and University Heights. The goal of the plan is to improve the community’s bicycle infrastructure, policies and programming.
Before formulating the plan, the organization worked for several months to collect survey results and conduct workshops to get a sense of what kind of bicycling policies and changes the public wanted to see.
That input led to the recently released draft recommendations, which include a bicycle network map with proposed road additions and improvements.
“One of the greatest challenges is providing on-street facilities, so things like bike lanes.