DEPARTMENT: Office of the City Auditor
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Kevin Barthold
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Review of the TCI Bike Master Plan
SUMMARY:
A briefing to discuss the City Auditor's Office review of the TCI Bike Master Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In September of 2011, the City Council passed the Bike Master Plan to promote the implementation of proposed bike facilities throughout the corridors of the city. The City's goal of the plan was to increase ridership for daily travel and improve cycling safety by making the bike network accessible, direct, and continuous.
The plan recommended 881 miles of bike facilities to be implemented across San Antonio. See chart below for a summary of recommended bike facilities.
2011 Bike Master Plan Recommendations
Facility Type
Description (See Appendix A)
Count
Miles
Separated Bike Lane
Physical barrier between bike facility and vehicle lane
30
12
Buffered Bike Lane
Additional painted buffer
24
22
Bike Lane
Striped, includes pavement markings and signage
922
585
Cycle Track
Protected, outside of the pavement, exclusively for bikes|101010|Multi-Use Path
Protected, outside of the pavement, shared w/ pedestrians
74
118
Sharrow
Includes pavement markings and signage
68
29
Signed Route
Signed facility with no pavement markings
191
74
Shoulder
Striping with no bike pavement markings
29
38
TOTAL
1,345
881
Also included in the plan was an implementation strategy to identify methods for strengthening the execution of the recommended bike facilities. The goals of the implementation strategy were to dedicate funding, obtain political commitment, and establish partnerships to implement the facilities and programs in the plan. Additionally, listed below are the initial objectives of the implementation strategy:
* Increase staffing and funding for appropriate areas of the city to implement the goals and objectives of the 2011 Bike Master Plan.
* Institutionalize bike planning through new or ...
Click here for full text