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AC <br />T <br />I <br />V <br />E <br /> <br />T <br />R <br />A <br />N <br />S <br />P <br />O <br />R <br />T <br />A <br />T <br />I <br />O <br />N <br /> <br />A <br />C <br />T <br />I <br />O <br />N <br /> <br />P <br />L <br />A <br />N <br />Sa <br />i <br />n <br />t <br /> <br />A <br />n <br />t <br />h <br />o <br />n <br />y <br /> <br />V <br />i <br />l <br />l <br />a <br />g <br />e <br />, <br /> <br />M <br />N <br />26 <br />People Biking: Biking is a key component of successful business districts, healthy people, <br />carbon reduction, economic vitality and safer neighborhoods. <br />An average of 46% of all trips taken within communities are less than three miles – a <br />distance that takes the typical person 18 to 20 minutes biking (National Housing Travel <br />Survey, 2017). <br />Lack of bike lanes and physical separation from motor vehicles, challenging intersection <br />crossings and snow and ice are just some of the reasons why people do not feel <br />comfortable biking today. Today, most of the city’s bike network caters to the “highly <br />confident” bicyclist who will ride regardless of roadway conditions and bicycle facility. <br />Highly confident riders represent the smallest category of people willing to bike. To make <br />biking, in all its forms, a feasible option for more people, the Plan establishes the need, <br />and incremental steps, to prioritize the “interested but concerned” type of bicyclist to <br />create a low stress, all ages and abilities network. <br />Many improvements that prioritize bicyclists also do the same for people walking. The <br />strategies and actions in this Plan often support or are linked to each other. <br />INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED BICYCLIST <br />“This is the bicyclist <br />user profile that <br />MnDOT typically <br />considers when <br />selecting a bicycle <br />facility type.” <br />- Minnesota Bicycle Facility <br />Design Guide <br />Low volume, low speed residential streets become <br />nice shared walking and biking streets with traffic <br />calming tools such as neighborhood traffic circles. <br />Who Are We Designing For? <br />44