1. TOWN OF BUCKFIELD DOWNTOWN WORKSHOP JULY 23, 2019

2. TOWN OF BUCKFIELD DOWNTOWN WORKSHOP
Safe Transportation for All Residents
Sidewalks to Jr/Sr High School, Union Church
Park & Ride lot relocation, riverside park and trail
RRFBs at Northeast Bank intersection
Visually Appealing Community
Spruce up town, more attractive properties, pedestrian-scale lighting, benches, amenities
Define Downtown – Gateways
Economic Development
Stabilize taxes, small business promotion/retention
Downtown beautification, CDBG

4. Crash Locations

5. WHAT IS A Walkable COMMUNITY?
Mix of land uses
Street-oriented buildings (facing street, close to street, multiple windows and doors, parking behind)
Continuous sidewalks, wide enough for couples
Safe crossings
Buffering from traffic
Comfortable and safe places to wait
Reid Ewing, op cit.

6. Walking and Attractiveness
“The most important variable in predicting a change in walking is a change in attractiveness: all else equal, people walk more if they move to a neighborhood with a more attractive appearance, higher level of upkeep, more variety in housing styles, and/or more big street trees than they had in their previous neighborhood.”
Handy, Susan and Patricia Mokhtarian; “Which Comes First: The Neighborhood or the Walking?”,Access: Transportation Research at the University of California, Spring, 2005: 20

10. Main Street, Sabattus

11. Parks should be enjoyed by a variety of users! Bar Harbor, ME

15. Parks

19. Keeping up with maintenance?

21. Two Ramps Per Corner
Eight Ramps Per Intersection

23. Community identity/CULTURE

29. What makes Buckfield unique?
Sanborn Map Company, September 1894

30. Presented by: Joan Walton, Regional Transportation Planner
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
This project was funded in part through grant[s] from the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  The views and opinions of the authors or agency expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U. S. Department of Transportation.