Mobility and Connectivity is Important in Denton!

Over the last few years, the City of Denton has been working on updating the Denton Mobility Plan. The Denton Mobility Plan is a multimodal mobility study and strategy to address citywide transportation, including vehicles, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians, for years to come. The Plan will be used to guide the City of Denton’s short-, mid-, and long-range mobility planning efforts.

Parks and Recreation staff attended the community meetings held on July 31, 2019 and August 1, 2019 and engaged with attendees on various opportunities for connectivity via trails. Below is a summary of ideas provided by the community.

July 31^st

• Connect 377 to Bonnie Brae via Roselawn also adding connection to Denia Park
• Find connection opportunities from Ryan Road to adjacent neighborhood for access to Lake Forest Park
• Add a bike trail on Cooper Creek Road
• Protect trees on Rayzor (private) property near Denia Park

August 1^st:

• There is reportedly a bike trail along Cooper Creek Road from Mingo to Hartlee Field – desire to see that improved.
• Improve walkability / sidewalk on Carroll south of Oak St. – resident lives near IOOF Cemetery and does not have a vehicle. Believes sidewalks north of Oak St. are nice but south of the intersection needs improvements.
• Requests for plan on trails, bike lanes, sidewalks around the new high school being built on Bonnie Brae.
• Sidewalk / trail needs to be built out on Riney Rd between 77 and Bonnie Brae.
• Several comments on connectivity in general – excited to see that staff is planning for the future and trying to identify potential trail systems.
• Several comments on bike lanes – location of future bike lanes and requests for added safety features for bikers