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t Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 4. Transportation <br />April 2008 <br />The access management guidelines of the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation or of the county need to be incorporated into the <br />transportation plans of these municipalities. Access management <br />guidelines also need to be incorporated into subdivision and zoning <br />ordinances. <br />Because trips by bicycle or on foot are short, accommodations for <br />these forms of travel are planned at the local rather than the <br />regional level. Therefore, the Transportation Po /icy Plan does not <br />include a map of bicycle and pedestrian passageways. It does, <br />however, include policies encouraging municipalities to plan for <br />these modes of travel and to coordinate their plans with neighboring <br />municipalities. <br />In order to be eligible to apply for federal transportation funds to <br />construct bicycle and pedestrian facilities, municipalities must <br />include in their transportation plans: <br />• a description of the municipality's policies and plans regarding <br />bicycle and pedestrian systems and programs <br />• a map showing on -road and off -road bikeways such as signed <br />routes, striped on- street bicycle lanes, and off -road bicycle or <br />multi -use paths <br />• a description of bicycle and pedestrian accessibility to transit <br />corridors and transit facilities <br />The Metropolitan Council and the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation have compiled a map of bikeways in the region. <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan <br />ninq /LPH /resourcelinks. pdf <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan <br />ninq /transportation /T P P/2 004 /T <br />PPO4Chapter4 Final.pdf#page= <br />46 <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan <br />ninq /transportation /Bikeways /ma <br />ps.htm <br />4 -6 <br />