Pittsburgh Unveils 10-Year Bike Plan

Pittsburgh PA

23 June, 2020

1:33 PM

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PITTSBURGH, PA — The city's Department of Mobility and Infrastructure has released the final 2020 10-year "Bike(+) Plan." The document updates and extends the network that began twenty years ago with adoption of the city's last 10-year bicycle master plan in 1999. The city and several partner organizations also launched "MoveForwardPGH" — a public awareness initiative focused assisting all roadway users get around easier, safer, and with less confusion. "Now more than ever, we need resiliency and safety in our transportation network," Mayor William Peduto said in a release. "People on bicycles,people in vehicles, and people on foot all benefit from a complete network that logically accommodates travelers of all modes." The Bike (+) Plan increases network connectivity and expands affordable transportation access to jobs, groceries, schools, frequent transit and other critical destinations. It nearly doubles the existing non-motorized network by adding 120 more miles of trails, bicycle lanes, traffic-calmed streets known as "neighborways," and other street improvements safe for travel by bicycle for people of all ages and abilities.