Regional Bicycle System Study

Purpose

The purpose of the study was to better understand the bicycle componenent of the regional transportation system, including examining how on-street bikeways and off-road trails interact to serve regional transportation trips. The study used local data and public stakeholder input to:

• Identify key regional destinations

• Develop a set of guiding principles for identifying regional bicycle corridors

• Propose a Regional Bicycle Transportation Network with a set of Priority Regional Bicycle Transportation Corridors, and

• Propose a framework for monitoring the performance of the regional bicycle transportation system on an ongoing basis.

Study report and products

See the Regional Bicycle System Study Report (38 pages pdf).

• Proposed Regional Bicycle Transportation Network map (1 page, pdf)

• Proposed Priority Regional Bicycle Transportation Corridors - subset of network (1 page, pdf)

• Definition of Critical Bicycle Transportation Links (1 page, pdf)

Appendices

• Appendix A - Summary of Relevant Data Studies and Plan (24 pages, pdf)

• Appendix A-1 - Twin Cities Base Map Series (13 pages, pdf)

• Appendix A-2 - Maps from Met Council County & City Plans (48 pages, pdf)

• Appendix B - Community Engagement Report (41 pages, pdf)

• Appendix C - Corridor Spacing Analysis (10 pages, pdf)

• Appendix D - Stakeholder Input to Network Development (8 pages, pdf)

• Appendix E - Final Scoring Methodology (15 pages, pdf)

• Appendix F - Research on Performance Measures (2 pages, pdf)