Bicycle and Pedestrian Studies and Reports

Essential elements of regional transportation, with significant benefits
2021 Regional Pedestrian Safety Action Plan

2021 Regional Pedestrian Safety Action Plan

We are analyzing pedestrian crash, and other relevant data, to develop recommendations to guide effective infrastructure investments and improvements. The goal is to reduce and ultimately eliminate pedestrian deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes in the metropolitan planning organization planning area. 

RBTN Facility Guidelines and Measures Study

2021 Regional Bicycle Transportation Network Facility Guidelines and Measures Study

This study will develop recommended quantifiable measures and guidelines for their application to assist Met Council in evaluating proposed RBTN corridors and alignments, and provide planning-level recommendations for preferred facility treatments on RBTN alignments in urban, suburban, and rural areas hosting the RBTN.

2019 Regional Bicycle Barriers Study

2019 Regional Bicycle Barriers Study

This Study represents a major step to identify and address critical bicycle transportation links that will work toward achieving one or more of the following goals: close a gap in the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network or connect a local bikeway to a major regional destination; improve continuity and connections between jurisdictions; or improve or remove a physical barrier.

2014 Twin Cities Regional Bicycle System Study

2014 Twin Cities Regional Bicycle System Study

The goal of this 2014 study was to better understand bicycling as a component of the regional transportation system, examining how on-street bikeways and off-road trails interact to serve regional transportation trips. 

Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Study

2009 Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Study

The goal of this 2009 study was to identify infrastructure improvements that would improve bicycle and pedestrian connections to transit within the project study area.