The Houston Bike Plan was adopted by City Council and Mayor Sylvester Turner on March 22, 2017. Plan documents, maps, and spatial data are available to view and download below.
Interactive Map:
Houston Bike Plan - Full Document:
Houston Bike Plan (PDF)
Houston Bike Plan - Individual Chapters:
Executive Summary (PDF)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF)
Chapter 2 - Existing Conditions and Opportunities (PDF)
Chapter 3 - Vision and Goals (PDF)
Chapter 4 - Bicycle Toolbox (PDF)
Chapter 5 - Network Plan and Map (PDF)
Chapter 6 - Implementation Strategies (PDF)
Houston Bike Plan - Large Format Maps:
Existing Houston Bikeway Network (PDF)
Houston Bikeway Network Map: Short-Term Opportunities (PDF)
Houston Bikeway Network Map: Long-Term Vision (PDF)
Houston Bike Plan - Biennial Reports:
2019 Biennial Report (PDF)
2021 Biennial Report (PDF)
Spatial Data:
Interactive Map (Link)
An up-to-date shapefile of our bikeways can be found at our City of Houston GIS DATA HUB.
Plan Development Documents
Bike Plan Posters and Postcards:
Houston Bike Plan General Postcard (PDF)
Houston Bike Plan Poster (PDF)
About the Houston Bike Plan (PDF)
Past Meeting Information
Houston Bike Plan Public Meeting Postcard (PDF)
Houston Bike Plan Public Meeting Poster (PDF)
Public Meeting Summary (PDF)
Public Meetings Feedback Maps (PDF)
Past Meeting Documents
June 2015 Public Meeting Presentation (PDF)
Existing Bike Network (Public Meeting Board) - Full City - June 2015 (PDF)
Existing and High Comfort Networks (Public Meeting Board) (PDF)
Summary of Public Survey Responses (PDF)
Presentation to Houston City Council TTI Committee - June 20, 2016 (PDF)
Presentation to Houston City Council TTI Committee - February 13, 2017 (PDF)
Community Meetings
As the Bike Plan was developed, Houstonians across the city were engaged in a variety of ways to share their knowledge of the city’s streets, infrastructure, and opportunities to make bicycling better. In 2015, we received public comments on the streets people felt were appropriate for new or improved bike facilities, barriers to bicycling, opportunities for more people to bike, and policies and programs to support increasing bicycling. Displayed below are several examples of maps where Houstonians told us about where they bike and where they want to bike. In 2015, we received over 950 comments in writing, by phone calls, by email, in person, and on maps like these below.
Bicycle Advisory Committee (2015 - 2016)
The development of the Houston Bike Plan was supported by members of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC). The BAC was made up of community leaders, appointed by the Mayor, representing a diverse cross section of Houston and the bicycle riding community. The BAC included members of partner agencies and potential future partners for implementation of some of the recommendations that will come out of the project. Roles of the BAC included serving as a sounding board and guiding the direction of the plan, reviewing and providing feedback on plan goals and recommendations, and helping promote participation in the plan development across the Houston community.
Members of the BAC included:
ORGANIZATION | NAME |
AARP | Isabel Longoria |
Alief Independent School District | Sue Page |
BikeHouston | Michael Payne |
Bike Barn | Neil Bremner |
City of Houston – Health Department | Stephen Williams |
City of Houston – Mayor’s Office of Sustainability | Lisa Lin |
City of Houston – Parks and Recreation Department | Yuhayna McCoy |
City of Houston – Planning Department | Patrick Walsh |
City of Houston – Police Department | Captain Larry Satterwhite |
City of Houston – Public Works & Engineering | Jeffrey Weatherford |
Critical Mass | Fab Ordonez |
Greater Houston Partnership | Joey Sanchez |
Houston B‐cycle | Will Rub |
Houston Complete Streets Coalition | Jay Blazek Crossley |
Houston – Galveston Area Council | Kelly Porter |
Houston Independent School District | Leo Bobadilla |
Houston Parks Board | Roksan Okan‐Vick |
Management District ‐ Energy Corridor | Clark Martinson |
Management District ‐ Houston Downtown | Lonnie Hoogeboom |
METRO | Jason Morgan |
Neighborhood representative | Cedric Douglas |
Neighborhood Centers | Matt Starr |
Super Neighborhood Alliance | Steve Parker |
TxDOT – Houston District | Ana Ramirez Huerta |
Urban Land Institute (ULI) | Ann Taylor |
BAC Documents:
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting – May 29, 2015 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – May 29, 2015 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting – July 8, 2015 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – July 8, 2015 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting – September 9, 2015 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – September 9, 2015 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting – January 29, 2016 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – January 29, 2016 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting – September 26, 2016 (PDF)
Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes – September 26, 2016 (PDF)