On Wednesday, Dallas City Council adopted the 2025 Dallas Bike Plan, which sets targets for growing the city’s biking network while emphasizing safety, comfort, and maintenance.

The Dallas Bike Plan, first developed in 1975 and last updated in 2011, has been the City’s guide for implementing a system of on and off-street bike lanes and infrastructure. The update approved Wednesday expands on the network that has been implemented with a strong focus of building a network that encourages bicyclists of all ages and abilities to explore Dallas.

“The Dallas City Council unanimously approved the 2025 Bike Plan today, laying out an updated bike network map to ensure the future of Dallas is safer, more accessible, and better connected for cyclists,” said District 1 Council Member Chad West. “Unfortunately, Dallas is a national leader in traffic fatalities, but we know if we make our streets safer for bikes, they will be safer for pedestrians and drivers too. I got a glimpse of what our city looks like when it is safe for everyone during the Dallas Bike Ride with my two kids last weekend. Now that we have passed the plan, I will be closely monitoring its implementation to ensure it gets built rather than becoming a relic on a shelf.”

As the City continues to work toward its bike plan goals, the 2025 Bike Plan update establishes a phased, flexible approach to build projects and expand the network as additional funding becomes available. The plan defines and prioritizes which routes the City should target for biking infrastructure, addressing the focus Dallas residents have expressed through multiple rounds of community engagement. This focus includes connecting existing gaps in the bike network, providing connections to trails and transit links, increasing connections in denser parts of the city, and enhancing areas near schools.

Resident input is central to the Bike Plan. City staff will establish a permanent bicycle advisory committee in the coming months that will help implement and advance the plan. The city will continue to engage with neighborhoods as future bike projects are built.

“We know that getting more people to bike isn’t just about building a network,” said Dr. Gus Khankarli, director of the Dallas Transportation and Public Works Department. “This plan integrates with our multi-modal system and gives us a set of key action items that should be targeted over the next five to ten years by staff in several city departments and in coordination with our advocacy partners.”