April 29, 2015, Wednesday - Bicycle Master Plan Open House at Central Library

Time: 4:30pm-7:30pm

Location:  Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

The City of Minneapolis is seeking to update its Bicycle Master Plan to include a priority network of protected bikeways. The update will help in planning as the City works to install 30 miles of on-street protected bike facilities by 2020, as recommended in the City’s 2013 Climate Action Plan.

Protected bikeways are bicycle facilities that are physically separated from motor vehicle traffic. All off-street trails are protected bikeways. Protected bikeways can also be located within street corridors, using parked cars, curbs, medians, bollards/flexible traffic posts, planters or other vertical features to provide separation between bike and motor vehicle traffic.

Approved in 2011, the Bicycle Master Plan addresses a broad range of bikeway facility types, including off-street trails, bike boulevards, bike lanes, and shared lanes. It does not however, specifically address on-street protected bikeways as defined in the Climate Action Plan. This plan update includes a recommended priority network of protected bikeways in Minneapolis.

The City of Minneapolis will hold an open house meeting to give the public an opportunity to review the draft plan update and provide feedback.

The Final Protected Bikeway Update to the Bicycle Master Plan is expected to go before the City Council for consideration in June 2015. It can be viewed at www.minneapolismn.gov/bicycles. Comments can also be emailed to protectedbikewaysmpls@minneapolismn.gov.