Bike lanes - important infrastructure - improving mobility in Palmetto Bay for short trips and for fitness

Its important to keep up with infrastructure needs.  Bike use is increasing - more than just for the 'spandex' sportster crowd, ever increasing traffic and healthier living is making bikes a more attractive method for getting around Palmetto Bay - known as a major player in #TheBikeDistrict.  How can anyone miss the numbers of people - of all ages - who are biking for Palmetto Bay - and yes, commuting to work, to school (though much more is needed) as well as to and from our parks.

Granted, Palmetto Bay is not NYC, but this is still a important read. We can ignore trends, but isn't that how Miami-Dade County found itself in the transit crisis we all are suffering under? Bike lanes are far from hard to do, especially when you add them as you update our streets. Palmetto Bay has committed to "Safe Streets" *

Important real news read: More New Yorkers Opting for Life in the Bike Lane, Biking has become part of New York’s commuting culture as the city expands bike routes and Citi Bikes become ubiquitous. There are more than 450,000 daily bike trips.

Are we providing bike lanes, or are we updating our revising our roads to provide for additional room that equally benefit drivers for motor vehicles? Safety and mobility for all.

*I suggest that this current council take a look at policy set to date by prior administrations, specifically Resolution 2017-67,  (sponsored by Mayor Eugene Flinn) wherein the Village Council unanimously adopted  Miami-Dade County’s “Complete Streets Guidelines” and directed that these guidelines should be incorporated into the planning, design, approval, and implementation processes for any construction, reconstruction, retrofit, maintenance, alteration, or repair of streets, bridges, or other portions of the transportation network, including pavement resurfacing, restriping, and signalization operations if the safety and convenience of all types of users (i.e., pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transit riders, including children, youth, families, older adults, and individuals with disabilities) can be improved within the scope of the work.