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Bicycle Infrastructure Plans at the End of 2014

Project listing by agency – detailed project information, where available, via links

Downtown Development District

 

1. Downtown Greenway – Interstate Park
2. Downtown Greenway – North Boulevard
3. Downtown Greenway – Florida Street Levee Access
4. Levee Path Downtown – River Road from Florida Street to Hollywood Casino
5. The Greenway on Facebook

The Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC)

 

1. Wards Creek Path
2. Dawson Creek Path
3. Proposed trails throughout parish via Imagine Your Parks 2
4. The Capitol Area Pathways Project (CAPP) 
5. Article in The (Baton Rouge) Advocate: Bike trail efforts in EBR scattered

The City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish

 

Office of the Planning Commission

1. Dawson Creek Greenway Trail Project (links to a PDF announcing the trail project)
2. Update of Community Bike and Pedestrian tool and bicycle suitability map

Office of the Mayor

1. Open Streets / Family Fit Day event, 2014 June 14, a loop of streets around BREC City-Brooks Park and the lakes were closed to motor vehicles in order to open them to recreation. Throughout the day there were runs, walks (for people and pets), and bike rides. Organizations also offered fitness classes, healthy cooking demonstrations, water sports, bike safety classes, and much more. Healthy BR provided additional restrooms, drinking water, giveaways, and maps. There are plans to repeat this event 2015, though earlier in the year and with more attention paid to street closures.
2. Complete Streets Ordinance, passed November 2014

Department of Public Works

1. Goodwood Property Owners’ Association Traffic study
2. Old Goodwood Property Owner's Association Traffic Study
3. Webb Park, et al, Property Owners’ Association Traffic Study
4. Government Street “road diet”
5. Phase 3 Levee path extension (Farr Park to Ben Hur) design completed, construction in 2015
6. Phase 4 Levee path extension (Ben Hur to the Casino off of Gardere) completed
7. Hyacinth Street Bicycle Lanes - Stanford to Glasgow

Advocacy Organizations

 

Bike Baton Rouge

1. Red Stick Racks program
2. Bicycle Friendly Businesses program
3. Easy Trips program

Statewide Organization

1. Bike Summit, November 2014