Bike Walk Twin Cities Robert LilligrenMinneapolis City Council Vice President

Joan PasiukDirector, Bike Walk Twin Cities

Minneapolis area pilot

Major Program Themes Maximizing existing roadway for all users• Short trips• Year round serious transportation• Key network connections

Creating regional legacy• Planning• Data collection• Innovation

Building capacity• Political leadership• Transportation professionals• Target populations

Expanding the Network for Cycling

Key Projects: Network Connections

Above: Como Ave Saint Paul Bicyclists following Marshall Ave project2009 April: 2772010 April: 297 2011 April: 406

Marshall Ave Saint Paul ped/bike project

Franklin Ave Minneapolis bike box and road diet

Key Projects: Outreach, Awareness

• Collaboration: Bike Walk Week • Maximizing capital investments:

Upcoming awareness campaign• Grassroots outreach: Bike Walk

Ambassadors• Neighborhood intensive: Smart

Trips individualized marketing• Nice Ride: constant, high profile

exposure of bicycling

Usando la Bicicleta y Caminando más

Key Projects: Innovation, Access

Community Partners Bike Library

Radio Frequency ID system installed at U of M

Accomplishments to Date: the Pilot at Work

• 70 miles of new facilities• doubling Minneapolis on-

street bikeways • 100,000 + Nice Ride trips in

initial partial year • 3,200 new bike parking spaces • 7 to 70 certified bicycle

instructors • 6 planning studies completed

Hiawatha Trail extension construction

Bicycle left turn lane at Minnehaha and 20th St. S

Minneapolis

Accomplishments to Date: National Accolades for Minneapolis• #1 bicycling city by Bicycling Mag 2010• Gold level bicycling community, League of

American Bicyclists• Nat Geographic 10 best summer destinations 2011

Count data: Significant Increases in Walking and Bicycling

Largest institutionalized count data

From 2007 to 2010 traffic counts at 30 locations

Number of bicyclists: 33% increase

Number of pedestrians: 17% increase

RiverLake Greenway

The Work Continues Promoting new facilities Collaborating with partners

including other federal initiatives: CPPW, National Park Services Alternative Transportation Plan

Building out the network Enhancing connections to

transit Reaping economic benefits of

bike/ped investments Rendering of proposed Twin City Greenway

NPS Multi-modal planning team

Bike Walk Twin Cities Maximizing existing roadway for all users• Short trips• Year round serious transportation• Key network connections

Creating regional legacy• Planning• Data collection• Innovation

Building capacity• Political leadership• Transportation professionals• Target populations