March 5:
Following a public hearing attended by PedNet members, Columbia City Council decides to authorize an agreement to build a $450,000 pedestrian bridge over I-70 along the east side of Providence Road. The bridge will be 10-feet wide, making suitable for cyclists and wheelchair users, and connection to a future Providence Road pedway.
May 9:
Columbia City Council approves the construction of a pedestrian bridge over Business Loop 70 along the east side of Paris Road. Like the Providence Road bridge, this bridge will be 10-feet wide, making it suitable for a pedway, and will connect with existing sidewalks along Paris Road to the north and south. PedNet Board members Greg Ahrens and Kathleen Weinschenk, who uses a wheelchair, have led the campaign for this bridge.
May 24:
The Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO) formally adopts its Year 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan, including the PedNet Masterplan. The entire CATSO 2030 Transportation Plan, which has now replaced the CATSO 2025 Plan but still includes the PedNet Masterplan, is available on the City of Columbia website.
June:
PedNet receives an attractive street display kiosk built of cedar, as a donation from Columbia landscape gardener John Relles. Following site visits by Chip Cooper, the kiosk is populated with information and photographs from the most bike/ped friendly cities in America - Boulder, CO; Davis, CA; Portland, OR, etc. At Downtown Twilight Festivals, PedNet Board members and volunteers continue to deliver a carefully crafted message to boost membership, which passes two thousand.
July 12:
Dean Hargett joins the PedNet Coalition Board of Directors, previously consisting of Chip Cooper (president), Christy Welliver (vice-president), Chris Walthall (secretary), Kim March (treasurer), Ian Thomas, Karl Kruse, Terry Skinner, Greg Ahrens, and Kathleen Weinschenk (members).
Summer:
University of Missouri researcher in transportation systems design, Mark Virkler, who specializes in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, makes a presentation about "Model Street Design Standards" at an event sponsored by the Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission and the PedNet Coalition. The presentation kicks off an informal series of workshops which start to develop new street design standards that include sidewalks, bicycle lanes and pedways of specified widths.
October 10:
Mayor Darwin Hindman challenges Columbians to "bike, walk, or wheel to work at least one day per week" in a kick-off event hosted by the Colloseum Bistro and the Broadway Diner.
November:
Columbia Daily Tribune editor Hank Waters writes two editorials about the PedNet masterplan. He examines the contrasting positions of Columbia mayor Darwin Hindman and City Manager Ray Beck on PedNet and supports the concept of a connected bicycle and pedestrian network in his piece, "PedNet, a good campaign."
November 8th:
Approximately 200 PedNet members, dressed in PedNet t-shirts, pack the Council Chambers for a public hearing hosted by the City of Columbia's Planning and Zoning Commission on the "CATSO 2O25" transportation planning document which includes the PedNet Masterplan for Columbia. Noting the overwhelming community support for a bicycle, pedestrian and wheelchair network, the Commission approves the plan, with a strong endorsement.
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