A group of area planners has given its OK to a policy that requires considering all modes of travel in road construction. “The design and construction of new (roads) should anticipate likely demand for bicycling and pedestrian (uses),” states the policy, which was approved last week by the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Technical Coordinating Committee. The committee, a group of area planners, engineers and other government officials, can only make recommendations within the MPO. The decision-making body is the policy committee, made up of top elected officials.