Project Type

Bicycle boulevard and on-street bike lanes

Project Limits

17th Avenue, between 24th Street and 47th Street;

47th Street, between 17th Avenue and Bloomington Avenue;

Bloomington Avenue, between 47th Street and 54th Street;

54th Street, between 12th Avenue and Lake Nokomis Parkway;

12th Avenue, between 54th Street and 60th Street;

60th Street, between 12th Avenue and Bloomington Avenue; Bloomington Avenue, between 60th Street and 62nd Street (Minneapolis City limits).

This project connects with planned bike lanes (pdf) in the city of Richfield.

Draft project layout (pdf) and map of the proposed routes. (pdf)

Construction Start Date

Summer 2011

Contact Information

Rose Ryan, 612-419-9090 or rose.ryan[at]ci.minneapolis.mn.us. Feedback can also be entered using our online form.

Project Details

Bicycle boulevards are proposed on 17th Avenue S (between 24th Street and 47th Street) and 12th Avenue S (between 54th Street and 60th Street). Bicycle boulevards improve local, residential streets for bicycling, including features such as traffic calming, safer crossings at busy streets, large bicycle pavement markings, and way finding signs. Bicyclists and motorists share the same lanes. A bicycle boulevard does not use bike lanes, and it does not remove on-street parking.

Lane changes are proposed on Bloomington Avenue S, 54th Street E, and 60th Street E. Bloomington Avenue S. Bike lanes are proposed in both directions on Bloomington Avenue (between 47th and 54th Street) and 54th Street (between Nokomis Parkway and 12th Avenue). Shared lanes are proposed on both sides of 60th Street between 12th Avenue and Bloomington Avenue. On Bloomington Avenue (between 60th and 62nd Street) bike lanes are proposed on the east side of the street and shared lanes are proposed on the west side of the street.

Parking changes are proposed on 54th Street (between Nokomis Parkway and 12th Avenue) and Bloomington Avenue (between 60th and 62nd Streets). Parking removal is proposed on the south side of 54th Street. On Bloomington Avenue, parking removal is proposed on the east side of the street, between 61st and 62nd Streets.

Bike racks will be installed along the project corridor.

Project Updates
July 27, 2010

Public meetings have been scheduled to collect feedback on draft plans.

Thursday, August 19, 6:30 pm: Stewart Rec Center (2700 12th Ave S). North half of the corridor: 24th Street E and 17th Ave S (between 24th and 38th St)

Monday, August 30, 6:30 pm: Pearl Lake Rec Center (41 E Diamond Lake Rd). South half of the corridor: south of 38th Street E.
Public Works will flyer the corridor 7-10 days prior to the public meetings.
July 15, 2010

Public works is collecting feedback on draft plans (pdf) for the corridor. Please provide feedback on which features and intersections should be priorities for this project. Not all features will be constructed. Cost estimates (pdf) for each feature and traffic calming examples (pdf) may help you identify priorities.

Detailed layouts (pdf) will be presented at public meetings in August. In early summer, Public Works staff met with neighborhood organizations and city council members to collect feedback on the draft plans.

Other Information

This project was funded by Bike Walk Twin Cities.