Transportation:  Goals

This working document is based on results of the Our Future By Design (OFBD) process and work being done by transportation committees convened for varied purposes and by different entities. Steve Workman, director of the Eastern Trail Management District and member of the Route 236 Corridor Committee and Southern Maine Corridors Committee and OFBD, volunteered to pull together elements from the many transportation initiatives that are relevant (Big Picture) to the KEYS Region. To provide additional input, ask questions or become more involved please contact Steve by email at steve@workmanconsult.com. For more information on the OFBD Process, click on the Introduction link above or go to http://www.keysregion.org/keys_ofbd/intro.htm, and for KEYS Region information, click on the "To keysregion.org" link above or go to www.keysregion.org.

 

Transportation Vision Statement

We envision a regional community with diverse and environmentally conscious modes of transportation.

Goals to move us toward this vision:

A. Public Transportation

1. Connect KEYS Communities through public transportation

a. Expand train service from Portland to Boston Via Kittery/Portsmouth

2. Develop incentives for people to car pool or use public transportation options

B. Non-motorized Modes of Transportation – Safe Walk-able Communities

1. Connect popular destinations in the KEYS Region by off-road trails or paved and signed shoulders on public roads.

a. Connect Kittery, Eliot and South Berwick by the proposed off-road Eastern Trail

b. Connect York by spur trail (Mount Agamenticus trail system?) to the Eastern Trail

c. Make the Memorial Bridge bicycle and pedestrian friendly

d. Create a policy for each town that requires developers to include trails that provide meaningful connection within the development and to surrounding resources

2. Establish a KEYS Region bicycle/pedestrian committee

a. Inventory all existing walking, hiking, waterway and biking trails in the KEYS towns

b. Publish the results of the trail inventory as a KEYS trail guide

3. Update the KEYS Towns' Comprehensive Plans to include plans for non-motorized modes of transportation

C. Infrastructure (Roads, highways, etc)

1. Educate and inform people on transportation issues and major projects to ensure meaningful public participation and community input

2. Participate in regional and corridor based (transportation) planning initiatives

a. Support & participate in the Southern Maine Corridor Committee and its goals

b. Support & participate in the Route 236 Corridor Committee

c. Increase use of regional planning commissions

d. Create a statewide regional needs assessment (by region)

e. Incorporate economic development strategic planning