Working to improve bicycle infrastructure and awareness in Saint Paul, MN
Upcoming
11 June 2013 Next SPBC Meeting
7:00 PM
Oxford/Jimmy Lee Recreation Center
Corner of Marshall and Lexington Avenues
News and Events
Recent dispatches by the SPBC
Please visit this page frequently to stay abreast of Saint Paul bicycle news and events. Alternately, you can read our blog or subscribe to our rss feed.
City Hires New Sustainable Transportation Planner
Posted 20-02-2013Following the departure of Emily Erickson, the city of Saint Paul hired a new Sustainable Transportation Planner. His name is Reuben Collins and he is an engineer, cyclist, parent, homeowner and blogger. You can read his blog posts on http://www.streets.mn/ and on his own blog at http://velotraffic.com/
His primary job will be to complete the city’s comprehensive bicycle plan but he’ll be involved in other planning and implementation projects including (we hope) reviving the city’s bike rack cost-share program.
Charles Avenue Bikeway passes City Council
Posted 11-09-2012At a hearing on Wedsday evening, September 5th, the Charles Avenue Bikeway was approved by the Saint Paul City Council on a 5-2 vote. Dan Bostrom and David Thune were the only dissenting votes. The bikeway would run the entire length of Charles from Park Street on the east end to Aldine on the west end. It would have bike boulevard treatments to calm traffic and allow cyclists to cross busy north/south boulevards. Treatments include traffic circles (replacing stop signs) at a number of intersections, closing off the Snelling median at Charles to create a bike/ped refuge and similar or other treatments at Lexington, Dale, Marion and Rice streets.
The Bikeway is partly intended to help cyclists deal with the narrowing of University Avenue for the LRT project and the elimination of on-street parking from most of University, something that will make University difficult to bike on in the future. It remains to be seen what the city will do about accommodating bicycles on the University Avenue corridor west of Aldine street and east of Park street, as University itself is the only way to get across various railroad, warehouse and highway obstacles and is currently used by a lot of cyclists. We’re hoping to get space on the avenue itself if some on-street parking is restored in what is currently the outside travel lane.
West Side Ride Photos and Commentary
Posted 05-08-2012You can see photos and commentary from our West Side ride on our Facebook Page at—
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.470464906299261.110596.133657969979958&type=3