DEPARTMENT: Transportation Department
COUNCIL DISTRICT IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Micromobility Plan (formally referred to as "Bike Master Plan")
SUMMARY:
The Transportation Department will provide an informational briefing to the City Council Transportation & Mobility Committee on the Micromobility Plan. The briefing will include an overview and update on the associated planning efforts.
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 and 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 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, but the proposed implementation strategy is not feasible in many instances and needs 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 develop a regional implementation plan for the Downtown/Midtown Regional Centers.
The Micromobility Policy Document will summarize critical challenges associated with implementing micromobility infrastructure and 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 the feasibility and future implementation.
A technical stakeholder group has been formed consisting of design, construction, academic institutional, and business interests that will review and offer recommendations on policy and strategy f...
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