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Richmond Connects update: city expects more than 100 miles of bike routes by 2028

6190149 · October 22, 2025
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Transportation staff briefed the committee on Richmond Connects implementation, reporting expansion from about 12 miles of bike routes in 2015 to a network expected to exceed 100 miles by 2028, a strategy that pairs safety (Vision Zero) with funding from federal, state and regional sources.

Transportation engineering staff presented a Richmond Connects update and said the city expects to expand bike routes from roughly 12 miles in 2015 to more than 100 miles by 2028.

Andy Bueno, transportation engineering program manager, told the committee the city benefits from an existing street grid that makes many destinations short bike rides apart and that ebikes are increasing the feasible…

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