El Pasos Bike Pedestrian Coalition

Safe Passing Ordinance, 2010 i

El Paso has many bicycle friendly policies

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 Bicycle Unit 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 bike lanes on 25 streets Nearly half are less than one mile long Most bike lanes are defined as bike routes, unmarked lanes that provide little or no safety

THREE LONGEST STREETS

1. Edgemere - 8.5 miles
Outside of Bike Share Zone

2. Rio Grande River Trail - 7.7

Outside of Bike Share Zone

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

How we compare to other cities with bike share

by population density
Population Density (per square mile) 2,624/sq. mi. 2,971/ sq. mi 3,947/sq. mi. 4,044/sq. mi. 10,298/sq. mi. Bike Share Launched -2011 2011 2010 2010 Bike Lanes (mi.) 55vii 210ix 300+x 172xii 115xiii City Bike Plan Noviii Yes, 2011 Yes, 2008xi Yes, 2011 Yes, 2005 Bicycle Friendly Community Award 2012vi -Bronze Platinum Silver Silver City El Paso, TX San Antonio, TX Boulder, CO Denver, CO Washington DC

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 through a Smart Streets Task Force

Ordinance No. 017466, Dec. 7, 2010. http://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017466.pdf ii Ordinance No. 017286, Mar. 9, 2010 http://www.elpasotexas.gov/muni_clerk/_documents/Ordinance%20017286.pdf iii http://sunmetro.net/apta2011.html iv http://www.sunmetro.net/brio.html v 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/bfa vii 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, 1997 ix http://sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/SABikes/BicycleMasterPlan/03-BikeNetwork.pdf x http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8843&Itemid=5540 xi 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=1201 xii http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/708/documents/FINAL_Denver_Moves.pdf xiii http://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/Publication%20Files/On%20Your%20Street/Bicycles%20and%20Pedestrians/Bicycl es/BikeFactSheet_Summer2012.pdf