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Bike & Pedestrian

Guided by VISION 2050, the Commission assists local, county, and State partners in studying and implementing bicycle and pedestrian facilities across the Region.

Bike & Pedestrian Planning

The Commission supports implementing well-connected bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure to improve quality of life and achieve healthy, vibrant communities. Commission staff assist local governments with bicycle-pedestrian plans and studies and manage a regional non-motorized count program that consists of short-term and continuous counts on off-street paths in Southeastern Wisconsin.

VISION 2050, the Region’s long-range land use and transportation plan, includes the following recommendations for implementing a regional bicycle and pedestrian network:

  1. Expand the on-street bicycle network as the surface arterial street and highway system is resurfaced and reconstructed, if feasible
  2. Expand the off-street bicycle path system to provide a well-connected regional network connecting the Region’s urbanized areas and communities with a population of 5,000 or more
  3. Implement enhanced bicycle facilities—such as protected, buffered, and raised bicycle lanes and separate paths within a road right-of-way—in key regional corridors
  4. Provide pedestrian facilities that facilitate safe, efficient, and accessible pedestrian travel

VISION 2050 also recommends that local units of government prepare community bicycle and pedestrian plans to supplement the regional plan. The local plans should provide for facilities to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian travel within neighborhoods, providing for convenient travel between residential areas and shopping centers, schools, parks, and transit stops within or adjacent to the neighborhood.

 

Current Planning Efforts

Commission staff occasionally assist local governments in preparing bicycle-pedestrian plans and studies.

  • Village of Mount Pleasant Bicycle-Pedestrian Plan – This update to the 2030 Master Bicycle Plan will recommend bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the Village that, when built, will create a well-connected bicycle and pedestrian network with links to surrounding communities. The plan update will also identify strategies to encourage more walking and biking trips and policies to guide the development of “complete streets,” or streets that are designed to meet the mobility needs of all users.