Milwaukee, WI Fall 2014 TOTAL POPULATION POPULATION DENSITY 598,916 6,231.0 total AREA (sq. miles) # of local Bicycle friendly universities 96.1 10 Building blocks of a bicycle friendly community Average Silver Milwaukee Arterial Streets with Bike Lanes 45% 28% Total Bicycle Network Mileage to Total Road Network Mileage 30% 10% Public Education Outreach GOOD Very good % of Schools Offering Bicycling Education # of local Bicycle friendly businesses 9 1 CATEGORY SCORES ENGINEERING 4 /10 Education 3 /10 Encouragement 5 /10 Enforcement 4 /10 Evaluation & planning 4 /10 Bicycle network and connectivity Motorist awareness and bicycling skills Mainstreaming bicycling culture Promoting safety and protecting bicyclists' rights 28% 43% Setting targets and having a plan Bike Month and Bike to Work Events Good Good Active Bicycle Advocacy Group Yes Yes Active Bicycle Advisory Committee YES Very Bicycle–Friendly Laws & Ordinances some Very good Bike Plan is Current and is Being Implemented YES Bike Program Staff to Population per 70k Yes key outcomes ridership Percentage of daily bicyclists Average Silver Milwaukee 3.5% 0.79% 180 325.5 1.4 1.7 safety measures Crashes Crashes per 10k daily bicyclists safety measures Fatalities Fatalities per 10k daily bicyclists 204868 Key Steps to silver »» Have your Bicycle Advisory Committee meet monthly to step up your BFC efforts. community, integrating preferred on street routes and off-street facilities. »» Adopt the proposed Complete Streets policy. »» Increase the amount of high quality bicycle parking »» Expand the Safe Routes to School program. »» Continue to expand your public education campaign »» Expand the on-street bicycle network, utilizing a variety of »» Rapidly expand the bike share system to ensure success. »» Update your bike plan to reflect the newest bike facility throughout the community, especially at multi-family and public housing, retail, offices, restaurants and event venues bicycle facility designs. For example, add protected bike lanes along arterials such as Michigan, S 1st and Water Streets, and turn key neighborhood streets into bicycle boulevards. »» Install a bicycle wayfinding system with distance and destination information at strategic locations around the LEARN MORE » www.bikeleague.org/communities promoting the share the road message, e.g by placing share the road signs along popular bicycle routes. designs and standards. »» Designate a dedicated local funding source for bicycle and pedestrian improvements. Supported BY