Executive Summary

The City of Crown Point Bicycle Plan identifies a proposed on-street bicycle network

and defines a 10-year program to improve key components of the network that will

make bicycling safer, more convenient, more popular and more fun.

The City’s goal is to use the plan to develop a bicycle-friendly environment that:

1. Maximizes access to its planned regional trail connections and their impact on

quality of life and the local economy,

2. Encourages its residents to bicycle for transportation, recreation, and good health.

The plan includes: a map of the proposed bicycle network, with routes color-coded

by recommended facility; and the 10 year program organized by near-term, midterm,

and long-term priority recommendations:

Near-Term Priorities: 1-3 year timeframe:

• Signed bicycle network

• Improved intersections

• Shared lanes and bike lanes on appropriate streets

• Bicycle parking

• City of Crown Point Bicycle Map

• Education and encouragement programs

Mid-Term Priorities: 3-5 year timeframe:

• Bicycle accommodations on reconstructed 113th Ave., considered on Summit

• Bicycle lanes and shared lanes on Joliet St./S.R. 231.

• Channelization with bicycle lanes on Main St. from Clark St. to Summit St.

Long-Term Priorities: 6-10 year timeframe:

• Coordination of bicycle facilities construction with long-term street reconstruction

and improvement program

Much of the near-term program can be accomplished through the City’s normal funding

mechanisms, including coordination with annual resurfacing and reconstruction

programs. Local sponsorship will greatly accelerate the plan’s implementation.

Where necessary, each of the plan’s recommendations qualify for funding through

federal programs, including Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality, the Surface

Transportation Program, and Transportation Enhancements [administered through

the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Council].

CP Safe Pathways intends to work closely with the City on these outlined goals above to insure the safest and most accessible walking and biking conditions are preserved throughout the community.

For the full text of the Plan, please click HERE.