Richard's posting was truncated, but the full Transportation Strategy report
can be downloaded as a pdf file from
http://www.opm.state.ct.us/igp/TSB/tsbinfo.htm

I've pasted the Bicycle and Pedestrian section below:



BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN

The 2006 transportation strategy includes a significantly increased
emphasis on bicycle and pedestrian travel. Effective bicycle and
pedestrian networks result in a reduction in vehicle trips. The
reduction in vehicle trips then results in a reduction in emissions,
need for roadway infrastructure and parking facilities

There are three major roles the bicycle and pedestrian modes can fill:[22]

As a primary mode, directly accessing a job or other site.
As a feeder mode, accessing transit services that will complete the trip.
For circulation through an activity center.

Important factors that influence the choice of bicycle or pedestrian
commuting include:

Trip Distance
Perceived Traffic Safety
Travel Cost - surveys suggest that financial incentives could make a
difference in the choice of this mode.[23]
Physical environment, including terrain, climate, circulation within
activity centers and availability of alternative modes.
Demographics - bicycle commuting generally declines rapidly in the
segment of the population over age 45.

Bicycle use in Connecticut as a mode for commuting remained fairly
constant between 1990 and 2000, at approximately 0.2 percent of all
commuters. Walking to work declined as an option in the State between
those same years, from 3.6 percent to 2.7 percent. Compared to
national averages, Connecticut has a lower percentage of bike
commuters (0.2% vs. 0.4% nationally), and roughly the same percentage
of pedestrian commuters (2.7% vs. 3% nationally).

In 1999, the Department of Transportation developed a Connecticut
Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan, the focus of
which is recreational cycling and walking. The plan discusses current
policies and regulations relating to bicycle and pedestrian
facilities, presents planning and design guidelines, goals, funding
strategies and completed and planned projects. It also includes the
bicycle and pedestrian plans of all the Regional and Metropolitan
Planning Agencies in the State.

Recommendations presented in the plan include:

Review of the Connecticut Bicycle Map and Long Range Bike Map when
evaluating the suitability of providing sidewalks, shoulder widening,
etc., and multi-use trails within projects.
Inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian facility planning in the highway
planning and design process.
Provision for bicycle/pedestrian access in all bridge design and
reconstruction process.

The Department of Transportation has worked to provide bike racks on
buses; specifically the full equipping of CTTransit buses in the
Stamford and New Haven areas has been accomplished. The equipping of
CTTransit buses in the Hartford area is scheduled as part of the
upcoming fleet replacement. In addition efforts to provided bike
racks at train stations are being addressed on a continual basis.

In recognition of the role that bicycle and pedestrian strategies can
play in accomplishing the State's transportation strategy, the
Transportation Strategy Board recommends:

Provide dedicated bike space on passenger trains at all times of the day.
Identify and support bike routes to transportation centers.
Identify and remedy existing bicycle storage and parking deficiencies,
especially in urban centers and transportation centers.
Adopt a policy of allowing bicycles to be carried on state funded bus
routes. As new buses are ordered equip them to permit the carriage of
bicycles.
Encourage municipal and regional officials to work closely with DOT to
include expanded bicycle and pedestrian facilities as a part of all
roadway projects.
Support the development and implementation of the Federal Safe Routes
to School program.




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