May 8, 2014, Thursday – Bike Plan Open House at Central Library

Join Hennepin County and Three Rivers Park District to provide input and get an update on the county-wide bike plan.  The City of Minneapolis is considering adding more protected bikeways to our streets and would like to hear from the public about where new bikeways should go.  This open house is scheduled to hear public input as part of a planned update to the Minneapolis Bicycle Master Plan.

Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: Minneapolis Central Library (Doty Board Room), 300 Nicollet Mall

The city is working with the Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee to develop a protected bikeway master plan update.

Find more information about the Hennepin County bike plan at www.hennepin.us/bikeplan.

Find more information about the City of Minneapolis projected bikeway plan on the city website.

Sign up for alerts about the bike plan.

Protected bikeways are areas for bicycles that are physically separated from motor vehicle traffic. Off-street bike trails are the most common type of protected bikeways. However, protected bikeways may also be located along street corridors as long as they are separated from traffic lanes. This can be done with parked cars, curbs, medians, flexible traffic posts, planters or other vertical features. 

Although the current Minneapolis Bicycle Master Plan addresses a broad range of bikeway facility types, it does not specifically address on-street protected bikeways. The City is now planning to update the plan so it includes that information. The City’s Climate Action Plan already recommends the implementation of 30 miles of on-street protected bike facilities by 2020, and there’s growing interest in implementing protected bikeways in Minneapolis and throughout the country.