In a city with more than 8,000 daily bike commuters, preliminary work is underway regarding the building of new bike path and throughway infrastructure.
The City of Denver is currently conducting a public input survey designed to get feedback on where new paths should be built, in what neighborhoods, and the extent and scope of the individual routes.
The outreach effort is part of a larger overall 10-year bike infrastructure plan that was last completed in 2015 and is due to be updated in 2025.
The survey is being published by the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and is officially titled Denver Moves: Bikes Update. The survey seeks to gain information on existing barriers to bike transportation and areas of the city that are particularly physically challenging.
Denver has engaged in an aggressive and even holistic manner to build out its bike infrastructure, constructing upwards of 150 miles of new bikeways in the last 5 years.
Overall, according to the Denver Gazette, the city’s bike network consists of “493 miles of on-street and off-street facilities.”
According to city documents, Denver hopes that through a comprehensive bike route infrastructure it will see upwards of 15% of it’s total population riding bikes by the year 2030, up from 6% in 2010. That 15% equates to around 100,000 riders.
In so doing, the city has embraced the notion of community transportation networks seeing the building of what are called “low-stress bike projects” connecting various sections of the city, as well as creating bike lane striping and installation efforts.
Additional bike infrastructure construction has seen the building of neighborhood bikeways and shared-use paths and trails.
One of Denver’s most vigorous bike infrastructure efforts has come through the big $937 million Elevate Denver bond program which was passed In a city with more than 8,000 daily bike commuters, preliminary work is underway regarding the building of new bike path and throughway infrastructure.
The City of Denver is currently conducting a public input survey designed to get feedback on where new paths should be built, in what neighborhoods, and the extent and scope of the individual routes.
The outreach effort is part of a larger overall 10-year bike infrastructure plan that was last completed in 2015 and is due to be updated in 2025.
The survey is being published by the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and is officially titled Denver Moves: Bikes Update. The survey seeks to gain information on existing barriers to bike transportation and areas of the city that are particularly physically challenging.
Denver has engaged in an aggressive and even holistic manner to build out its bike infrastructure, constructing upwards of 150 miles of new bikeways in the last 5 years.
Overall, according to the Denver Gazette, the city’s bike network consists of “493 miles of on-street and off-street facilities.”
According to city documents, Denver hopes that through a comprehensive bike route infrastructure it will see upwards of 15% of its total in 2017, funding the construction of 50 miles of bikeways.
Comments on the new Denver bike survey will be accepted until December 15.
By Garry Boulard
