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San Dimas council adopts 2025 Bicycle Master Plan to expand bike routes and pursue grants
Summary
The council unanimously adopted the San Dimas Citywide Bicycle Master Plan 2025 (Resolution 2025-44), endorsing proposed Class 1–3 and protected bikeways, prioritization tiers, and a phased short/medium/long-term project schedule to improve safety and grant competitiveness.
The San Dimas City Council voted unanimously Aug. 12 to adopt the San Dimas Citywide Bicycle Master Plan 2025, approving Resolution 2025-44 and directing staff to pursue future project funding and individual project approvals.
Public Works Assistant Engineer Peter Jacoie told the council the update replaces the 2011 plan with a vision to improve safety, connectivity and grant competitiveness. Consultant Rawad Hani of GTS described extensive community engagement—an interactive map with about 1,000 visits, roughly 100 survey responses, two public workshops and outreach at community events— and presented a network of proposed bikeways and a three-phase implementation approach.
Hani outlined the four facility types used in the plan: Class 1 (shared-use separated paths), Class 2 (striped bike lanes such as the recently implemented segment on San Dimas Avenue), Class 3 (signed bike routes on lower-speed streets) and protected bikeways (cycle tracks with physical separation). He highlighted proposed routes that aim to close gaps and improve east–west and north–south connections, including Bonita Avenue and a Class 1 route north of Bonelli Park to link neighborhoods with transit and park facilities.
The plan uses a two-tier prioritization: projects that close network gaps and those that score high on a Caltrans-style benefit–cost analysis based on safety and crash-reduction factors. Hani said short-term projects could be implemented with striping or low-cost treatments, medium-term projects would need more engineering, and long-term projects might require environmental review.
Councilwoman Matakis moved adoption of the plan; Mayor Bedard seconded. The motion carried 5–0. City staff said that while the plan itself has no immediate physical impacts, individual projects will return to council for separate approvals and funding decisions.
What happens next: staff will use the adopted master plan to prioritize projects and seek grant funding; individual projects will require later council approval, design and, where necessary, environmental review.
