DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Razi Hosseini, P.E., R.P.L.S.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT: Bike Master Plan
SUMMARY:
A briefing on the Bike Master Plan and Transportation & Capital Improvements (TCI) continuing efforts to plan and implement bicycle infrastructure in San Antonio.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On September 29, 2011, City Council adopted San Antonio Bike Plan 2011 + Implementation Strategy ("Plan") as part of the City's Comprehensive Plan. The Plan is a guide for a regional bicycle network along with goals for policy, funding, and staffing for implementation. Overall, the Plan outlines improvements totaling approximately 1,700 miles of varying bicycle facility types for the San Antonio region, with 1,040 of those miles on City of San Antonio maintained roads.
The Plan provided a reliable foundation outlining the purpose and need for bicycle facilities in San Antonio. The underlying methodology holds true, but the proposed implementation strategy is not feasible in many instances and in need of some improvement. As part of the FY 2020 Budget, funding was provided for staff to update portions of the Plan in the form of a Micromobility Policy Document and to develop a regional implementation plan for the Downtown/Midtown Regional Centers.
The Micromobility Policy Document will summarize key challenges associated with implementation of micromobility infrastructure, as well as complete streets in general, and recommend policy solutions to mitigate or eliminate these challenges. The Downtown/Midtown Implementation Plan will identify key corridors within and across these regional centers and provide the technical analysis to support feasibility and future implementation.
A technical stakeholder group has been formed consisting of design, construction, academic institutional, and business interests which will review and offer recommendations both on policy, and strategy for the regional...
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