TSP: Regional Pedestrian Network

It's still difficult for me to refer to "pedestrian" as "ped" as in:  "Bike/Ped Pathway".  It may be shorter and easier to use, but the word reminds me of the little nylon sock one uses at shoe stores to try on shoes.  They were called "peds" or "footies."  

I'm quite sure this is not the image the engineering or planning departments want one to have of pathways, but there it is, lingering in my brain for 50+ years or so.  I'll get over it.   

Here's a more relevant image.  Below is the Regional Pedestrian Network Map (part of the Regional Active Transportation Plan).  Section 11, Page 13 shows Lake Oswego and the surrounding area.   Compare the Regional map with the Lake Oswego TSP to see which pathways are on both. The side-by-side comparison will show many linkages that do not make sense by themselves, but we are being asked to make an investment in our infrastructure, and possibly burdening citizens with maintenance of and liability for the pathways for... What? 

 In some cases the new or improved paths might be desirable to the whole community including adjacent homeowners - but as is often the case, we aren't being told the whole the story.  We can't make intelligent decisions or complain if we don't understand what is being done and why.  It appears this is intentional to serve another agenda.  Am I wrong?  Prove it.  Tell me where and when the staff has laid out the detail of the entire TSP and how and why all of the parts will fit together.  This can't just be for one group - it needs to happen everywhere they go, to whomever they speak, and it should be stated in the TSP somewhere.  

Regional Pedestrian Network Map (Feb. 2014):  Lime green = Regional  |  Dark green = City

                                                                                   Dash line = Off-road  |  Solid line = On road

Lake Oswego Draft TSP Bike/Ped Path Map (TSP - March ver.)

NEXT post will have the Lake Oswego Bicycle and Pedestrian maps.  The city is split into 4 parts which is too much for one post.  I will also follow up this pedestrian map with the Regional Bicycle Network Map so the City maps will come inbetween.