St. Paul is in the community engagement stage of a bike planning process expected to culminate early next year. Among the bike plan's proposals, none have sparked as much controversy as a downtown loop that would remove street parking.
Bill Lindeke provides a dispatch from a public hearing to discuss the St. Paul Bicycle Plan. Lindeke notes that a downtown business owner raised concerns about the impacts of the proposed bike plan's downtown loop. To address to question, "What kind of parking policy is good for downtown?" Lindeke describes the history of parking in downtown St. Paul and provides a primer on the work of Donald Shoup in The High Cost of Free Parking.
In a separate article, Kevin Duchschere details the discussion from the perspective of the parking debate's impact on the adoption of the bike plan. The bike plan is expected for City Council discussion in February.
Finally, Joe Collins reports on the details of the bike plan, which would more than double the city's bikeways.
Read the full story: What kind of parking policy is good for downtown St. Paul?
St. Paul Approves Bike Plan—200 Miles of Bike Infrastructure Included
The St. Paul City Council approved a bike plan on March 18, 2014 that will more than double the amount of bike pathways and connections in the city. The plan will advance the goals established by the city's 2008 Comprehensive Plan.
Two New Bike Lanes Coming to St. Paul
A key north-south connection is coming to the St. Paul bicycle lane network.
St. Paul Proposal Would Prohibit Large Trucks From Parking on City Streets
Residents and businesses are calling for a ban on trucks, which are increasingly taking up curbside parking in the city after neighboring Minneapolis instituted a similar rule.
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