Dallas Bike Plan 2011: Paving The Way To Share The Road

The City of Dallas will soon enact the 2011 Bike Plan to increase the amount of people riding bikes but reduce the number of bicycle accidents. Other parts of the plan will focus on bike education, culture, signage, funding, connectivity and routes.

The plan hopes to ensure safety on the main roads so more people will use their bikes as a source of transportation. The plan will include the 450 miles of roads in the Dallas area.
City officials unveiled a new web site to check out if you have any interest in following the development of this plan over the next year. The site— www.communitywalk.com/bikedallas—
presents a interactive map that allows you to mark your favorite biking routes and flag problem areas up until June 30. Then city and regional planners will then work on developing a
public plan.

As always, it is important to be aware of the bicycle safety concerns in the Dallas and Fort Worth area. The U.S. Department of Transportation has a policy on bicycle accommodations to make certain that the public is aware of the danger that comes with riding on a main street. Every year over 44,000 cyclists are hurt in traffic crashes, and the City of Dallas is doing a fine jobin trying to protect them.

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