Rolling forward : a bicycle implementation plan for Muncie, IN

Abstract

It is observed that communities invest significant time, dollars, and public trust in creating bicycle master plans and complete street policies without any systems in place to ensure that plans are implemented and policies are turned into practices. This paper explores bicycle infrastructure implementation methods through a review of relevant documents and a study of implementation systems in Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; Louisville, Kentucky; and Bloomington, Indiana. This analysis of best practices results in a recommended approach to bike plan implementation in Muncie, Indiana, as well as a structured methodology for the creation of the Muncie Bike Implementation Plan 2017 – 2021—a bicycle infrastructure implementation plan created by the author in concert with this paper.