An official website of the POLICY 15: Bicycle network
This policy states:
Plan and implement a complete bicycle system including local networks that connect to the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network alignments to provide connections between regional destinations and local bicycle networks.
Actions
- Investment Priority (IP): Actions tagged with (IP) provide direction to regional investment processes directed by the plan. This includes the Regional Solicitation, which will complete an evaluation to determine the appropriate framework and application of these actions to the Regional Solicitation. Actions could be applied in the Regional Solicitation in a variety of ways including qualifying requirements, application categories, or scoring measures. These actions can also apply to other regional highway and transit funding programs. Investment priorities targeted exclusively at local governments are tagged as local planning (see below).
- Local Planning (LP): Actions tagged with (LP) are requirements or guidance for agencies to incorporate into the transportation element of their Comprehensive Plans, corridor plans, transit provider plans, and other plans that are not regional or statewide. Major items are noted but this is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Local planning tag may also indicate actions with potential local investment priorities that would help support regional goals and objectives that are not tied to regional or statewide investment programs.
- Technical Capacity Building (CB): Actions tagged with (CB) are technical assistance and support activities to provide guidance and best practices to agencies that builds regional technical capacity.
- Partner (P): Actions tagged with (P) are activities that support the regional goals and transportation objectives where the plan is directing partners to take a direct lead. This tag applies primarily to regional or state partners; the local planning tag provides direction to local partners.
- Work Program (WP): Actions tagged with (WP) are work program activities, including staff time and consultant studies, to be worked on until the next scheduled update of the plan in five years. These items are necessary to further research and policy guidance to support the region in achieving its goals and transportation objectives. Work program items are listed at the end of each policy. More complete descriptions of work program items are provided in the Imagine 2050 TPP Work Program.
| = Lead agency = Supporting agency |
Met Council | MnDOT | Counties | Cities | Transit | Other |
| 15A. Plan, implement, and prioritize projects that connect to, improve, or complete segments of the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network. Update network corridors and alignments in coordination with regional partners and in response to local or corridor planning efforts. Action types: Local Planning Investment Priority |
(Parks) | |||||
| 15B. Plan, implement, and prioritize bikeway connections between the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network and transit facilities. Prioritize local bikeway projects that connect the local network to an existing or planned regional transitway. Consider network alignments along, near, and parallel to transit corridors when planning transit routes and facilities. Action types: Investment Priority Local Planning |
(Parks) | |||||
| 15C. Include a bicycle system element in local comprehensive plans. Local agencies should identify their local bicycle network in addition to the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network corridors and alignments within their city or county. Coordinate networks across jurisdictional boundaries. Action type: Local Planning |
(Parks) | |||||
| 15D. Explore options to connect Regional Bicycle Transportation Network corridors and alignments to rural communities. Action types: Investment Priority Local Planning Technical Capacity Building |
(Parks) | |||||
| 15E. Invest in and implement All Ages and Abilities bicycle networks to complete the regional and local bicycle systems so all people have improved cycling opportunity, safety, and mobility. Evaluate existing tools that identify potential bicycle demand (for example, MnDOT’s Suitability for the Pedestrian and Cycling Environment) for use in funding prioritization or develop a new tool that is tailored to the region. Action type: Investment Priority |
(Parks) |
Parks are regional park agencies.
