With carbon emissions goals in mind, the council is poised to approve a sweeping write-through of the key city document that sets the tone and general vision for up to 163 miles of new bike lanes.
St. Paul’s draft Bicycle Plan envisions 337 miles of bikeways crisscrossing the city in an elaborate network by the year 2040, with nearly three-fourths of that network consisting of protected, separated bikeways and off-street paths. That’s an increase of 119 miles of new bikeways in the next 16 years — an ambitious proposal that drew sizable turnout on Friday during a public hearing before .