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Estimating costs and benefits of bicycle facilities
The Benefit-Cost tool helps communities and individuals who are considering building new bicycle facilities by estimating costs, demand, and economic benefits Read more >
Designing the 21st Century Street
Transportation Alternatives announces the winners of their open design competition to revision the public street in New York City for the 21st century. Read more >
Report: Active Transportation for America
A new report from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and Bikes Belong that makes the case for increased Federal investment in bicycling and walking facilities and infrastructure.
By making active transportation a viable option for everyday travel, we will cost-effectively reduce oil dependence, climate pollution and obesity rates while providing more and better choices for getting around town.
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Hennepin Avenue with Separated Bike Lanes
Separated bike lanes, first used in Copenhagen, Denmark, are catching on in Melbourne, New York and other cities. Why not Minneapolis? Here's Hennepin Avenue design to allow for separated bike lanes. Streetfilms has a nice overview of separated lanes at http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/physically-separated-bike-lanes/
Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting 10/1/2008--Hennepin Avenue presentation
This is the first post in a series that will report on the happenings of the Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee as it meets on the first Wednesday of each month (and sometimes more frequently) at City Hall. *Proposed draft layouts attached to this post*. Read more >
MetCouncil 2030 Transportation Plan
The Metropolitan Council has recently released a Public Draft of the Metro Area Draft 2030 Transportation Policy Plan. Open houses start next week. Read more >
Central Corridor Station Area Plans
The guiding development plans for the areas surrounding LRT stations for the Central Corridor. PDF files attached. Read more >
St. Paul Downtown Bicycle Transportation Plan
Many individuals, three organizations, and two City of Saint Paul agencies contributed to the development of the Saint Paul Downtown Bicycle Transportation Master Plan. The contributors volunteered their time at meetings and events, administered surveys at cycling events; developed planning assumptions, draft concepts, and plans; provided insights into the behavior and preferences of Saint Paul’s cycling community; and reached consensus on critical issues where compromise and trade-offs were required. Read more >
City of Minneapolis Completes Streetcar Feasibility Study
The Streetcar Feasibility Study Final Report was completed and presented to City Council in January 2008. The report recommends a long-term streetcar network made of seven corridors that could be implemented in 20-50 years, depending on funding availability. The report also identifies potential “minimum operating segments” upon which to build the system in a phased approach.
Reports and other related documents are attached. Read more >
ITE and CNU: Designing better streets in urban areas
Guidelines from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) on how to design streets in urban areas to improve walkability.
Design guidelines are attached, and link to online resources from ITE is also included. Read more >
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