Regional Bicycle Plan

Project Overview
The MTC Regional Bicycle Plan is a component of the 2001 Regional Transportation Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area. It represents the sustained efforts of MTC staff, the Plan Oversight Committee, local agencies, advocacy groups, and countless dedicated citizens in the Bay Area. It is intended to be a resource document for Bay Area town, city, and county planners and advocates. This plan is regional in focus and is, therefore, oriented around policies and programs and defers to local decision making about specific routes and facilities.

As a regional agency, the MTC responsibilities related to bicycling in the Bay Area include:

• Encouraging the provision of bicycle facilities
• Encouraging continuity of facilities across jurisdictional boundaries
• Providing technical assistance and functioning as an information clearinghouse
• Balancing the differing transportation needs in the region
• Setting regional priorities

This plan provides a framework for identifying regional priorities for routes and facilities and recommends a series of activities and policies to encourage bicycling at the regional level.

 

 

For more information, contact Doug Johnson at 510.817.5846, or e-mail djohnson@mtc.ca.gov.