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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Day 11

Bikeability Assessment

Today we biked from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH to Cleveland, OH(approximately 30 miles).

On a scale of 1-5, please rank the following factors in integer form given the below scale:
(1-very poor, 2-poor, 3-fair, 4-good, 5-very good)

1. The amount of motor vehicle traffic given the amount of through lanes.
2. The physical road conditions taking into account factors including pavement attributes, curb presence, railway crossings, storm drain grates, debris, etc.
3. Your comfort with biking given the speed limit and proximity of motor vehicles.
4. The level of sight and amount of curves of the road.
5. The size of the bike lane or shoulder if present (please circle which one). Bike Lane Shoulder Neither

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Ohio Highway 283, The Coastal Ohio Trail (0.5 miles outside of Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH, 10 AM)

1. 3
2. 3 (bike lane present, but often times had debris or water grate in lane)
3. 4
4. 4
5. 4 foot Bike Lane

Ohio Highway 283 (Downtown Euclid, 11:10 AM)

1. 1
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. No bike lane/shoulder present

Cleveland Lakeview Bikeway (1 mile before Cleveland, 12 PM)


1. 5
2. 5
3. 5
4. 4
5. 10 foot wide bike lane

Happy to be in Cleveland and have an off day tomorrow! We'll see the best way to conduct a food accessibility analysis in the next couple days.

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