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Going Green is a consulting firm specializing in bicycling and walking.

Becka Roolf, Going Green, Montpelier, Vermont

Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning & Design

Of all the transportation projects, bicycle and pedestrian projects often receive the most public interest and comment. Many citizens want to be able to walk and bicycle.

Some communities focus incredible amounts of energy on creating a single corridor -- a bike path. While these paths can create key connections, they can also take a long, long time to build. Usually 10 years. And, in the end, short path segments often serve very few bicyclists.

Going Green provides a more balanced approach, integrated into your community and onto your existing street network.

Going Green Approach to Planning

Going Green's planning process encourages communities to take a careful look, first, at the full range of options to improve bicycling and walking conditions. Going Green's bicycling and pedestrian planning follows the nationally-recommended 5Es approach:
  • Engineering of facilities is joined by
  • Education,
  • Encouragement,
  • Enforcement, and
  • Evaluation / Planning

Going Green Design Expertise

Going Green also provides bicycle & pedestrian facility design expertise, including the current trends and new designs recommended nationally. Working in conjunction with a licensed engineer (P.E.), Going Green will incorporate the latest in bicycle & pedestrian designs into plans for your community.

Going Green can work with your community traffic engineer, or provide engineering services through a consultant partnership. Going Green has special interest and experience in bicycle lane design for urban or village areas.

>> Municipal & Regional Plans
  Bicycle & pedestrian plans using a full planning process based on the 5Es approach.
>> Bike/Walk Community Audits
  A quick two-day assessment of your community. Most appropriate to small towns / villages or to an area within a city. Going Green interviews key leaders in your community; assesses the streets, sidewalks and paths; facilitates a public input process; and provides a visual and written assessment including basic recommendations. The 5Es approach is also used.
>> Bicycle Facilities Design
  Assessment of your street network, and recommendations to accommodate bicyclists through bicycle lanes, wide curb lanes, and shared lanes. Audit your intersections for bicycle-friendliness. Without changing your street's curbs or widths, Going Green can assist you in improving bicycling conditions in your community.

Please contact Going Green for a quote specific to your community's needs:

Going Green
Becka Roolf, Principal
802. 279.4037
info@goinggreenvt.com

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