10.1.2026 Bicycle Pedestrian Blue Ribbon Committee

The City of Portsmouth Bicycle Pedestrian Blue Ribbon Committee met on October 1, 2026 (the meeting title date; metadata records October 2 UTC). The committee discussed bicycle boulevard and shared-lane-marking terminology, the need to connect the Greenway with destinations and transit, and possible future capital improvements. Members noted Maplewood Avenue had been submitted as a CIP project and discussed a shuttle-loop pilot CIP proposal and first-/last-mile connections. CIP ranking was deferred until the proposal advances through the city’s CIP process. A prior plan’s cost estimates were cited for context—$10,000–$20,000 per mile for wayfinding signage and $250,000–$500,000 per mile for bicycle-boulevard treatments—but these were not current allocations or approvals. No contract awards, vendor selections, or procurement-related spending votes were identified.

Staff demonstrated the city’s recently acquired single-license Urban SDK traffic-data platform and a new OpenGov bicycle and pedestrian request form; no purchase amount or related procurement action was stated. The committee also discussed staffing and operating-budget constraints affecting signage and implementation, and requested that staff update the Complete Streets webpage as an administrative matter. The committee approved the September minutes as amended and discussed a future survey on school-bus use, but took no related spending action.