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4.4 BICYCLING AND WALKING <br />For years, Anoka County has included the construction of <br />trails adjacent to county roadways as a part of county roadway <br />improvement projects. Above and beyond these efforts, Anoka <br />County has participated in the development of the Metropolitan <br />Council's Regional Bicycle Transportation Network (RBTN). <br />The RBTN is the region's vision for regional bikeways. Many of <br />the trails adjacent to county roadways are either included in <br />or provide connections to the RBTN. As a result, The RBTN for <br />Anoka County is well on its way to being complete. <br />Metropolitan Council% Regional Bicycle <br />Transportation Network <br />As described earlier in the plan, the RBTN is made up of a series of specific alignments and <br />broad planning corridors and includes regional destinations the network is intended to <br />connect. The RBTN is illustrated in Figure 13 and includes the following: <br />MISSISSIPPI RIVER <br />REGIONAL TRAIL <br />CORRIDOR <br />9I .E'WAY y4.-HWAY ROUTE <br />Trail Signage <br />(Source: Anoka County) <br />Tier 1 Corridors — highest priority subset of the RBTN for regional planning and <br />investment <br />Tier 2 Corridors — remaining corridors in the RBTN were assigned second tier <br />priority for regional planning and investment <br />Tier 1 and 2 Alignments — Tier 1 and 2 Corridors where specific route alignments <br />have been designated <br />As stated previously, the purpose of the RBTN is threefold: <br />To establish an integrated/seamless network of on- and off-street bikeways; <br />To provide the vision for a "backbone" arterial network for daily bicycle <br />transportation; and <br />To encourage cities, counties, park agencies, and the state to plan and implement <br />future bikeways. <br />The RBTN is currently being modified as part of the Metropolitan Council's 2040 TPP <br />Update process. In 2017, Metropolitan Council staff met with Anoka County officials and <br />compiled a list of proposed changes to the RBTN. These proposed changes (see Table 27) <br />are assumed to be added to the RBTN for Anoka County that is shown in Figure 13. <br />ANOKA COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE CHAPTER4-FORECASTCONDITIONS <br />