7/28/2019 VeloPaso Handout 090713

1/2

El Pasos

Bike

Pedestrian

Coalition

El Paso has many

bicycle friendly

policies

Safe Passing Ordinance, 2010 i Distracted Driver Ordinance, 2010 ii Entire Sun Metro fleet outfitted

with bike racks; BRIO articulated

buses equipped with three interior

racks

iii

,

iv

El Paso Police Department BicycleUnit patrols Downtown El Paso

But we have miles to go before El Paso

becomes a true bicycle friendly community

EXISTING CONDITIONSv

52 miles of disconnected bikelanes on 25 streets

Nearly half are less than onemile long

Most bike lanes are defined asbike routes, unmarked lanes

that provide little or no safety

THREE LONGEST STREETS

1.Edgemere - 8.5 milesOutside of Bike Share Zone

2.Rio Grande River Trail - 7.7Outside of Bike Share Zone

3.Yandell - 5Bike Route; Within Bike Share Zone

7/28/2019 VeloPaso Handout 090713

2/2

How we compare to other cities with bike shareby population density

City

Population

Density (per

square mile)

Bike Share

Launched

Bike Lanes

(mi.)

City Bike

Plan

Bicycle

Friendly

CommunityAward 2012vi

El Paso, TX 2,624/sq. mi. -- 55vii Noviii --

San Antonio, TX 2,971/ sq. mi 2011 210ix Yes, 2011 Bronze

Boulder, CO 3,947/sq. mi. 2011 300+x Yes, 2008xi Platinum

Denver, CO 4,044/sq. mi. 2010 172xii Yes, 2011 Silver

Washington DC 10,298/sq. mi. 2010 115xiii Yes, 2005 Silver

The success of

bike share and all

future bike programs

depends on

Investing in Bike Infrastructure Creating and adopting a

Bike Master Plan that connects

the entire city

Engaging the community througha Smart Streets Task Force

i Ordinance No. 017466, Dec. 7, 2010.

http://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017466.pdfii Ordinance No. 017286, Mar. 9, 2010

http://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017286.pdfiiihttp://sunmetro.net/apta2011.htmlivhttp://www.sunmetro.net/brio.htmlv

City of El Paso Department of Transportation Inventory, 2013. Available upon request.vi Awarded by the League of American Cyclists; only three cities in the state of Texas hold the distinction.

http://www.bikeleague.org/bfavii Does not include Texas Department of Transportation inventory which may account for another 40 to 70 miles of

bike lanes.viii El Paso MPO Regional Bikeways Plan, 1997ixhttp://sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/SABikes/BicycleMasterPlan/03-BikeNetwork.pdfxhttp://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8843&Itemid=5540xi Boulder has a Transportation Master Plan with a fully integrated bicycle component. Boulder updates the plan

every five years.http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=331&Itemid=1201xiihttp://www.denvergov.org/Portals/708/documents/FINAL_Denver_Moves.pdfxiiihttp://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycl

es/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdf

http://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017466.pdfhttp://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017466.pdfhttp://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017286.pdfhttp://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017286.pdfhttp://sunmetro.net/apta2011.htmlhttp://sunmetro.net/apta2011.htmlhttp://sunmetro.net/apta2011.htmlhttp://www.sunmetro.net/brio.htmlhttp://www.sunmetro.net/brio.htmlhttp://www.sunmetro.net/brio.htmlhttp://www.bikeleague.org/bfahttp://www.bikeleague.org/bfahttp://sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/SABikes/BicycleMasterPlan/03-BikeNetwork.pdfhttp://sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/SABikes/BicycleMasterPlan/03-BikeNetwork.pdfhttp://sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/SABikes/BicycleMasterPlan/03-BikeNetwork.pdfhttp://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8843&Itemid=5540http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8843&Itemid=5540http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8843&Itemid=5540http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=331&Itemid=1201http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=331&Itemid=1201http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=331&Itemid=1201http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/708/documents/FINAL_Denver_Moves.pdfhttp://www.denvergov.org/Portals/708/documents/FINAL_Denver_Moves.pdfhttp://www.denvergov.org/Portals/708/documents/FINAL_Denver_Moves.pdfhttp://www.denvergov.org/Portals/708/documents/FINAL_Denver_Moves.pdfhttp://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycles/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdfhttp://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycles/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdfhttp://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycles/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdfhttp://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycles/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdfhttp://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycles/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdfhttp://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycles/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdfhttp://www.denvergov.org/Portals/708/documents/FINAL_Denver_Moves.pdfhttp://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=331&Itemid=1201http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8843&Itemid=5540http://sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/SABikes/BicycleMasterPlan/03-BikeNetwork.pdfhttp://www.bikeleague.org/bfahttp://www.sunmetro.net/brio.htmlhttp://sunmetro.net/apta2011.htmlhttp://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017286.pdfhttp://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017466.pdf