ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking comments about bicycle infrastructure across the state through the fall.
MnDOT is looking for how people use bicycles, e-bikes and other similar transportation like electric scooters. It also wants to know what kind of physical or socioeconomic barriers people face when riding as well as what infrastructure improvements are needed to better accommodate these kinds of transportation.
The agency is accepting feedback online and at in-person biking events. It will have a booth at the Spring Bike Fling, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. June 21 at Rendezvous Brewing in Hackensack. A booth will also be at the Loop the Lake Festival, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. that same day, at South Shore Beach in Bemidji.
MnDOT will use the feedback to update its Statewide Bicycle+ System Plan, which aims to support bicycles and similar transportation in Minnesota and create safer, more enjoyable places to ride.
The plan last saw an update in 2016. MnDOT expects a draft of the updated plan the summer of 2026.
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