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People are already getting some much needed exercise on the new bike lanes in the Brook Road, Malvern and Patterson Avenues area. They look great and provided extra safety for those out for a ride. Take a look If you’re wondering what the various pavement markings mean in bike lane areas, they’re explained in this video.

1st/2nd/3rd Streets Bike Lanes (Spring Street to Duval Street)

Floating Parking “Floating Parking” will be seen more and more on streets throughout Richmond as more bike lane projects are striped. One of the first areas you’ll see it is on Franklin Street. This parking arrangement allows for bike lanes to be located along the curb, with parked cars providing a degree of separation from the moving traffic. Though it will look different, parking in a floating lane is essentially the same as a typical curbside lane. Just follow a few basic rules: Don’t park in the bike lane.

Park next to the buffer, not in it. Treat the buffer like the curb. This will give you space to get in and out of your vehicle without being in the bike lane.

Look for cyclists while crossing the bike lane when getting in or out of your vehicle.

If a peak hour (“rush hour”) or time limit restriction is in place, it will be posted on the sidewalk, the same as traditional parking lanes.

On Franklin Street during the morning peak (7AM-9AM) the floating parking lane next to the bike lane buffer will be open to traffic. The remainder of the day it will serve as a parking lane.

Anticipate 2-4 weeks for new traffic patterns and for drivers to adjust to the new lane configurations.



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Bicycle Infrastructure

Projects Under Construction:

Forest Hill Avenue from Powhite Parkway to Hathaway Road

Jahnke Road from Blakemore Road to Forest Hill Avenue

Projects in the Pipeline:

Bike infrastructure designed and awaiting implementation

Bank Street from 9th Street to 14th Street

Government Road from Williamsburg Avenue to 36th Street

Nine Mile Road from 25th Street to I-64

Westover Hills Boulevard from Boulevard Bridge to Forest Hill Avenue

Williamsburg Avenue from Stoney Run Drive to Northampton Street

Links to plans for bike infrastructure projects:

Bike Infrastructure Projects Completed

As the City continues pressing forward to make Richmond more bike friendly, several projects have been completed:

32 miles of bike lanes completed

17th Street (South) - two-way cycletrack Dock Street to Franklin Street (East)

29th Street from Libby Terrace to Kane Street

Brook Road from Azalea Avenue to Charity Street

Dock Street - Pear Street to Main Street (East)

Floyd Avenue - the City's first bike-boulevard Thompson Street (North) to Laurel Street (North)

Franklin Street from 14th Street to 18th Street

Franklin Street (West to East) - floating parking lanes Belvidere Street (North) to 9th Street (North)

Grayland Avenue - Addison Street (South) to Harrison Street (South)

Lee Bridge - buffered bike lanes

Leigh Street (West) - buffered bike lanes Dinneen Street to Myers Street

Lombardy Street - Broad Street (West) to Brook Road (South)

Main Street (East) - Williamsburg Road to Nicholson Street

Malvern Avenue Fitzhugh Avenue to Cary Street

Manchester Bridge - buffered bike lanes

North Avenue - Laburnum Avenue (West) to Chamberlayne Avenue

Patterson Avenue from Commonwealth Avenue to Thompson Street

Semmes Avenue - Forest Hill Avenue to Cowardin Avenue (North & South)

RVA Bike Share

Inaugural deployment of 200 bikes and docking stations took place in summer 2017

Additional bikes and stations are on order, as are upgrades for our existing fleet to convert them to electric assist.

Conducting site review and pre-planning for additional stations and electrical connections

Corps Logistics is handling the RVA Bike Share operations. Please contact them with questions or customer service needs at 1-877-782-2453

Message from Mayor Stoney to potential sponsorship partners

Visit: www.RVAbikes.com







So You’ll Know

Here is some guidance to help you better understand:

Richmond’s First Bike Master Plan is Now Complete!

The City of Richmond and our consultant team from the firms Michael Baker, Jr., and Alta Planning and Design has developed the City’s first ever Bicycle Master Plan which details a proposed network of improved bike infrastructure throughout the City. This document was developed with extensive public comment and feedback and will serve as a blueprint as the City continues to build a more inclusive bike infrastructure. With nearly 3,000 responses to the online survey and several hundred comments and markups made with the online mapping tool, the City is confident that this plan moves Richmond in the right direction to improved biking convenience and safety.

Though this plan provides a degree of prioritization of projects for development of a connected network based on a range of factors, it is intended to be a living document that will evolve as the City moves forward with implementation and as new opportunities arise. Some details are more general as some projects will evolve as we move towards implementation and make determinations on the most suitable type of infrastructure and improvements along a particular street or corridor.

The complete plan and appendix can be accessed here:



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Several noteworthy completed projects include:

Buffered bike lanes on West Leigh Street

Buffered bike lanes on the Lee Bridge

Buffered bike lanes on the Manchester Bridge

Construction of the City’s first bike-walk street (bike boulevard) on Floyd Avenue

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