Mobility/Bike Action Plan

Mobility/Bike Action Plan; Updates & Community Engagement Opportunities

Current Mobility Network Map FY 25/26 Update

Current Mobility Network-EGR 2025-2026 Update Map

Updates
The Implementation Plan, including all short-term and several mid and long-term projects were completed in the summer/fall of 2022.  Future projects will be completed in coordination with street projects.

Implementation project areas for 2024 were the following:

  • Robinson Road-West City Limit to Plymouth Road: Dedicated bike lanes. Completed.
  • Robinson Road-Plymouth to Cascade Road and Cascade Road to Manhattan Park: Sidewalk/Side Path.  Approved by the City Commission at the October 21, 2024, Meeting.  For additional information and materials, please visit the Construction Updates Page and scroll down to this project. Construction is currently underway and expected to be completed in June.

Implementation project areas for 2025 are the following:

  • Plymouth Road-Hall Street to Martin Luther King Jr: Dedicated bike lanes.  In design/concept phase.  Outreach and engagement anticipated February through March 2025.
  • Reeds Lake Blvd-Lakeside Drive to the "Rock"/Reeds Lake Blvd North Arm: Dedicated bike lanes.
  • Safe Routes to School-Various-See Construction Updates Page.

PILOT Programs 2025: 

Traffic Circles 

  • Intersections of Lakeside Dr/Reeds Lake Blvd and Lakeside Dr/Greenwood Ave/Shopping Center Dr.
  • This is a temporary demonstration project that will be in place August through October 2025.
  • The demonstration project consists of two traffic circles along with associated signage, pavement markings and delineators, as well as three additional Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) to enhance pedestrian crossings at Lakeside Dr. and Reeds Lake Blvd. and Lakeside Dr., Greenwood Ave. and Shopping Center Dr.
  • A 2023 Traffic Impact Study in the area noted level of service challenges at peak times for Reeds Lake Blvd.  A Traffic Impact Study will be conducted in conjunction with the demonstration project to test for potential solutions for the future.
  • Near misses reported for both pedestrian and vehicles have been reported, and the city has set forth with this demonstration project to improve safety for all users.
  • The East Grand Rapids Department of Public Works has partnered with the Transportation Department of the Grand Valley Metro Council (GVMC) quick build program to survey road users and assist with the demonstration project.
  • Signs will be placed in the area as noted below and information will be updated to the city mobility webpage and other platforms.
  • A survey can be taken and feedback may be submitted to the GVMC/City via the QR code provided.

Background/Information: 

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Separated Bike Lanes

  • Martin Luther King Jr. St. West City Limit to Plymouth Road.
  • A pilot to affix 3" bike lane delineators is intended to further protect cyclists providing a buffer between assigned space for vehicles and cyclists.
  • Horizontal 3" bike lane delineators were selected by the Department of Public Works after consultation with other municipalities due to challenges related to maintenance of vertical delineators that may be damaged and cause a roadway user hazard and because the horizontal delineators can also be maneuvered by streetsweepers so that both vehicle and bike lanes are able to be cleared at the same time.
  • While horizontal bike lane delineators may not be common in West Michigan, they are used throughout the United States and World as safety enhancements for all road users.
  • The horizontal delineators have been places with adhesive that will allow them to be in place during the spring and summer seasons and for removal in the fall for leaf pickup and winter maintenance plowing.  
  • The delineators also have a traffic calming impact because they keep vehicles in the assigned 10-foot travel lanes (Traffic Engineering Standard-Safe-Lane Width-AASHTO).  Constricted travel lanes equate to slower speeds.  This pilot aims to provide an experience to address safety and concerns related to vehicle speeding, pedestrian and bike safety.
  • Pre and post studies will be reported to reflect vehicle speed impacts.image0013-Travel-lane-widths-vs-speeds-edited
  • Delineators that create separated bike lanes can reduce bicycle/vehicle crashes by up to 53% according to USDOT FHWA Office of Safety-Proven Countermeasures-Vision Zero
  • Delineators will also be placed at midblock crosswalks providing pedestrians crossing a shorter distance to cross the street, similar to a more traditional bump out.
  • The cost of the pilot is around $1,500 for rubber bike lane delineators that can be re-used. 
  • The pilot will be in place throughout the summer of 2025.
  • To provide experience and feedback, please e-mail publicworks@eastgrmi.gov . Comments, questions and concerns will take place throughout the spring and summer season for future consideration.

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Background-Mobility-Bike Action Plan
The City of East Grand Rapids worked with Progressive AE and Aligned Planning to develop a Mobility-Bike Action Plan as was noted as a goal in the 2018 City Master Plan.  The final plan was approved in 2021 was reflective of community priorities and input from public engagement opportunities, surveys and public hearings over the past few years.  Different drafts/iterations of the plan are noted below to reflect community input/changes.  A draft Implementation Plan was developed from the approved planning document and in July 2022 after public engagement sessions, input, and feedback the Implementation Plan was approved.  Implementation of the plan will take place in July/August of 2022 with future projects to be added based on construction projects.

The basis of the Mobility-Bike Action Plan Implementation is to address all short-term projects as well as some mid and long-term projects to complete a safe and connected network of cycling facilities within East Grand Rapids and to adjacent communities.  Additional mid and long-term projects will be developed in conjunction with construction projects to make modifications to street cross sections to accommodate cyclists, motorists and residential on-street parking needs.  The Implementation Plan was developed to provide facilities with pavement markings and signage without impacting on-street parking.  This approach is consistent with the 2018 Master Plan and implementation of the first project following the outline of the Mobility-Bike Action Plan with the 2021 Hall Street Project.  Wealthy Street bike lane facilities from the west city limit to Lovett Avenue was previously constructed before the 2018 Master Plan and subsequent 2021 Mobility-Bike Action Plan.

Professional engineers developed the Mobility-Bike Action Plan utilizing traffic engineering judgment and the following professional resources: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control for Streets and Highways, 2009 Edition; AASHTO Guide for the Development of Cycling Facilities, 2012 Fourth Edition; Michigan Department of Transportation Standard Plan (PAVE-900-G, PAVE-961-C, PAVE-962-B; as well as NACTO.

For questions please contact Public Works at 616-940-4817.

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