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| Schaumburg honored for bicycle planning | |
| May 17, 2007 | |
| Daily Herald | |
| Pertains to Schaumburg | |
| Schaumburg residents are very lucky to have a devoted group of people who have been keeping their village at the forefront of bicycle planning. In fact, it has a pioneering program that has been in place since 1979 and was recently honored again by the League of American Bicyclists as one of only two Bicycle Friendly Communities in the state of Illinois (the other being Chicago). I just had the pleasure of speaking with Richard Bascomb, senior transportation planner for the village of Schaumburg, about its Comprehensive Bicycle Plan. Richard is rightfully proud of the 86 miles of bikeways within the village boundaries — 50 percent of which are off-street paths and 50 percent are marked bike lanes on streets. The thing that amazes me is that, as far as Schaumburg has come over these past 28 years, village officials have no intentions of resting on their laurels. Volunteers are hard at work with their Adopt-a-Path program, as well as providing guidance and safety tips for cyclists along their bikeways. The program is also focused on making safe bicycle route connections with neighboring communities, eventually hoping to help seed a large network of bikeways spreading throughout the Chicago area. The following agencies and governments have agreed, in concept, to consider linking their bikeways to the Schaumburg system: Cook County Forest Preserve; village of Palatine; Elk Grove Village; Palatine Park District; village of Hanover Park; village of Roselle; village of Hoffman Estates; and village of Streamwood. Schaumburg adds bikeways incrementally each year. It accomplishes this task through several long-established financial policies, which draw on public and private resources. The village seeks federal, state, and Cook County funding when possible. Sources of funding include the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Schaumburg also requires bikeways to be constructed by developers as vacant properties are built out. If you have any questions about Schaumburg’s exciting initiatives, feel free to call Richard at (847) 923-3862. |
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