Cleveland City Council has announced a new plan to add more than 70 miles of bikeway to Cleveland by the end of 2017.

That’s approximately a 250% increase to existing infrastructure. 

via a write-up on clecityhall.com

The overall goal of the City’s bike plan is to provide cycling amenities in every Cleveland neighborhood, whether for transportation or recreational use. This plan supports Mayor Frank G. Jackson’s vision for Sustainable Cleveland 2019 and Healthy Cleveland, both of which encourage active living, quality of life and thriving neighborhoods.

Here’s a map of the city’s projected improvements:

And here’s one of the city’s current lanes:

The new Bikeway Network Plan will be formally introduced to the public at the annual “Bike Cleveland” meeting on Sunday, Jan. 19. 

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This article appears in Jan 15-21, 2014.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

7 replies on “MAP: City Council Plans to Add Over 70 Miles of Bikeway to Cleveland”

  1. The housing stock may be falling apart in a number of neighborhoods, but at least folks can easily cycle past the glowing failures by the career politicians who hunker down inside City Hall.

  2. Bike lanes will be great, as long as motorists recognize them and respect the bicyclists’ right to be on the street and bicyclists obey laws, like stopping at stop signs and stop lights. I’d love to see the city issue more tickets to both – motorists who crowd bike lanes and bicyclists and bicyclists who disobey traffic laws.

  3. Maybe I’ll start riding on city streets again, something I stopped long ago because of aggressive motorists.

  4. It amazes me how some people just can’t ever see any positives in CLE. This is a bad thing because of our poor housing stock? Love him or hate him Mayor Jackson has demolished 1,000s of homes with 1,000s more slated to be demo’s. The work is getting done. Sorry it’s not happening fast enough for some folks.
    This bike plan is fantastic…

  5. Go Cleveland go! Folks while it seems simple this is an incredibly progressive move and investment in a more livable city. Money well spent. Biking for leisure and recreation, commuting, or cycling competitively is generally a daily life-threatening proposition in most American cities. Cleveland is definitely ahead of the curve on this one as most cities have vague “plans” and spout green and complete street rhetoric, that never come to fruitiom and never pony up the funds and actually do the work.

    And I agree the onus on BOTH the cyclists and motorists. I am both by the way and these aren’t at odds – stop at signs and signals on your bike, obey traffic laws, signal for turns to allow others around you to know what you are doing and while driving, stay out of the bike lane, don’t block it by parking, check your right mirror before making a right turn, be aware at all times, etc. etc.

  7. I love the idea for a bike plan. I also agree that there are more pressing issues, like road conditions and crime. I think it is a positive step by Council in trying to move the city forward, but at the risk of sounding negative, I’d like to feel safe while riding those trails.

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