We can get there from here!
Flagstaff Bicycle Advisory Committee 
makes a list of much needed bike pathways.
by Jack Welch - Flagstaff Resident & Tea Party Staff

A version of this list has been submitted to City Traffic Engineer Gerry Craig. As part of last spring’s city elections, voters passed a transportation bond that will pay for bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements within the city. The bond provides $800,000 in funding per year, for 20 years, for the city’s chosen improvements. We hope that the following suggestions form the framework for bicycle-related projects.

Very high priority items
1. Hire a paid Alternative Transportation Coordinator for the city of Flagstaff.
2. Highway 180 (Fort Valley Road): Extend the Flagstaff Urban Trail System out to Cheshire, perhaps with trails on both sides of Fort Valley road to benefit pedestrian traffic as well as children who attend Sechrist school. Maybe also add north and south-bound bike lanes on the roadway itself.
3. Lake Mary Road inside city limits: Widen and repair road, adding shoulders and widened bike lanes in both directions. 
4. Create a formal plan to make bike lanes mandatory on all newly built, resurfaced or improved roads within the city from this time forward.
5. The proposed redesign of the intersection at Butler Avenue and Enterprise Road should include the above mentioned standard bicycle lanes to enable riders to continue on Butler in both directions and make turns from Enterprise to Butler and from Butler to Enterprise.
6. Build a bicycle/pedestrian ramp under the railroad overpass at the north end of Milton Road (currently there are stairs). Create further improvements on Milton to allow riders to get from west to east and east to west on this high traffic road without having to ride illegally on the sidewalk or risk their safety riding in heavy traffic. 
7. Create a connection for bicyclists to get across the Country Club overpass safely in both directions, as well as a way to cross Highway 89 near the Flagstaff Mall.

High priority items
1. Connect all sections of the Flagstaff Urban Trail System into one continuous route that connects neighborhoods to one another and major pathways to each other so that bicyclists can travel north/south and east/west through town solely on these trails.
2. Give FUTS trails a special marking to identify where they cross streets. Such signs should be uniform throughout Flagstaff and be easily identified as a FUTS marker.
3. Improve access to the bikeway along the south side of Route 66. Improve ways to get from one side of Route 66 to the other in several locations. The Steve’s Boulevard intersection is especially difficult.
4. Add an additional 4 foot wide asphalt strip along the east side of San Francisco Street just south of the Columbus Avenue/Switzer Canyon Drive intersection.
5. Set up traffic-calming efforts on one-way streets that have two lanes and no bicycle lane by making one of the lanes a shared bike/motor vehicle lane, with signs indicting that such streets are a “Shared Roadway.” Lower speed limits in those shared lanes are also welcome.
6. Build a bike/pedestrian underpass or overpass in the Old Town Springs area. Possible grant monies are available because of the neighborhood’s historical features.
7. Create a multi-use recreational trail on both sides of Woodlands Village Boulevard which would connect to the Urban Trail near Wal-Mart and possibly another connector at the Railroad Springs or Old Town Springs neighborhoods.

Medium priorities
1. Extend the bikeway that runs along the south side of Route 66 from its current terminus at San Francisco Street to Beaver Street, or else provide some other safe alternative for bicyclists.
2. Resurface and widen both East Route 66 and West Route 66 out to Interstate 40 starting from Fanning Drive and Milton Road respectively. This would allow for the inclusion of a standard bike lane in both directions.
3. Create a better way to get to the Urban Trail that runs alongside Wal-Mart.
4. Add bicycle and pedestrian-friendly mechanisms to city traffic signals. Automatic bike sensors in the pavement and buttons that are easily reachable by bicyclists would be most welcome.
5. Repair numerous large cracks in Soliere Road.
6. Repair cracks in Huntington Road and widen the bike lane.
7. Create a “Bicycle Suitability Map” for the City of Flagstaff.

The following are high priority items for the Bicycle Committee that will be funded by sources other than the city transportation bond. The committee supports these efforts.
1. Lone Tree/Zuni Drive (new Coconino Community College location): Widen the road to include the addition of bike lanes from Butler Road to the community college site.
2. Route 66 and Beaver Street intersection: The Army Corp of Engineers new Rio De Flag plan (if approved) would make crossing this intersection much safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.
3. Lake Mary Road out to the City Limits. The Forest Service is currently considering a new paved pathway next to the road.
4. The new plan for the Butler and Enterprise intersection is supported. Currently this is the most dangerous intersection in Flagstaff for cars, bicycles and pedestrians. The redesign should be held to the highest standards for all three modes of movement.