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Regional Bicycle Transportation Network The Metropolitan Council's Regional Bicycle Transportation Network (RBTN), the region's vision for regional bikeways, is shown in Figure 13 for Anoka County. The RBTN is made up of a series of specific alignments and broad planning corridors and includes regional destinations the network is intended to connect. The purpose of the RBTN is threefold: To establish an integrated/seamless network of on- and off-street bikeways; To provide the vision for a "backbone" arterial network for daily bicycle transportation; and To encourage cities, counties, park agencies, and the state to plan and implement future bikeways. The RBTN corridors are established where existing or potential high demand for transportation -related bicycle trips has been identified and where specific alignments have not been implemented by local agencies. This network is intended to provide mid - to -long range connections to and between major regional destinations. RBTN alignments were established to represent where local plans have identified existing or planned off- street trails or on -street bikeways. The network is further divided into Tier 1 and Tier 2 alignments and corridors based on potential bicycle demand levels as determined in the Metropolitan Council's Regional Bicycle System Study (2014). There are more than 1,300 miles of designated regional bicycle network corridors and alignments across the Twin Cities Region. This compares very favorably with other metro regions around the nation that have established regional bicycle networks. Multi -use trail in Anoka County (Source: Kos Lindhahl) ANOKA COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE I CHAPTER 3- EXISTING CONDITIONS 43