Our bike network has been fragmented and unsafe for years – and as more people choose to get to work, access services, and get around on two wheels – we need to build safer infrastructure to connect communities and places. We are advocating for a safe and connected bike network in the City of Miami and Miami Beach bridged by a Safer Venetian Causeway – learn more below.
Sharrows aren't bike lanes – studies have shown that sharrows are ineffective or even dangerous. We do not count sharrows in any of our analysis.
Map updated January 2021
Download the Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan
The first step in the master plan was to fill gaps in the network with a series of critical projects to improve connectivity by 2020.
0.1 miles of protected bike lanes
3 miles of shared paths (still under construction)
Approximately:
6.8 miles of protected bike lanes
0.3 miles of conventional bike lanes
3.7 miles of shared paths (dotted red)
2 miles of sharrows have been completed, with 5.8 miles still missing.
But sharrows are ineffective and dangerous, we recommend they be converted to bike lanes, and we do not include them on this map.
Even this plan leaves key gaps in North Beach and Middle Beach where sharrows need to be converted to bike lanes.
The plan also includes additional goals (see below) on a slower timeline, none of which has progressed, and needs to be expedited. The goal is also set to 2035, why?
0.4% of bike lanes complete
20 Year Implementation Plan (2035)
The plan's second step includes 23 miles of protected bike lanes in major corridors and separate, protected infrastructure for cyclists on the causeways.
0.2% of bike lanes complete
20 Year Implementation Plan (2035)
An expansion of the plan's network. Consisting of an additional 17 miles of protected biking infrastructure throughout Miami Beach and into the mainland.
Map updated and fact checked by the City of Miami's Resilience and Public Works Department on January 2021
Download the DDA's Downtown Bike Network
Download the County's Downtown Network Bike Plan
Download the Miami Bicycle Master Plan
Download the TPO's Bicycle Master Plan
Biking in the City of Miami remains a difficult and dangerous experience, with only one protected bike lane and a disconnected network of individual segments.
We have identified key priority corridors to complete a basic core network, by overlaying several existing plans from multiple agencies. In fact, so many plans exist, it's likely many of these corridors are present on additional plans.
Although bike lanes have been built in communities like Overtown and Little Haiti, they don't connect to the larger network and major job centers.
The Venetian Causeway is one of the most important bicycle connectors in all of Miami-Dade County.
On August 29th 2019, Flavia Carnicelli was killed by a car while cycling across the Venetian Causeway. Instead of consequences and action, this tragedy has so far led to just a $179 traffic ticket for the driver and zero improvements to make the road safer.
We are advocating for the bike lane to be protected, improved and extended into the City of Miami.
Cyclist count courtesy of The Miami Bike Lawyer
