Bikeway Design Standards and Quick Build Guide Update

At a glance

What: Update of chapter 3 (bike facilities) of the City's design standards, plus a new quick build guide for low-cost temporary street treatments.
Where it stands: Preliminary draft is out for testing by two design firms; presented to the Bicycle Advisory Board for a first look on October 20.
Next: Board returns to it in November, as does the Transportation Commission; final form expected January or February with Council adoption of the design standards likely early in 2027.

The bike facilities section would grow from about five pages to 50-plus, with a table of preferred, secondary and tertiary facility types by context.
A supplemental memo holds less-ready ideas such as advisory bike lanes.
Signage for the shared street ordinance is unresolved because the federal MUTCD has no matching sign.
The quick build guide covers treatments, materials, constraints and evaluation.
Related: Vision Zero Action Plan Update.

First overview to the board; members asked about signage, consistency between street sections, and teaching drivers new designs. Returns in November.