Project Update: April 2024

This project is led by the City of Rochester’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC), which includes residents focused on the needs of people walking, biking, using transit, and public health. This Active Transportation Action Plan is funded through MnDOT’s Active Transportation Program.

We created a vision and set of goals to guide the future of Active Transportation Connections to the 2nd Street SW Corridor.

Vision

Calm and complete streets allow anyone to comfortably and conveniently walk, bike and roll throughout the 2nd Street SW Corridor and surrounding neighborhoods, safely accessing the Link Transit System and destinations beyond.

Goals

• Provide safe and high-quality first and last mile connections to the 2nd Street SW Corridor and the Link BRT.
• Generate infrastructure solutions serving multimodal connectivity improvements throughout the 2nd Street SW Corridor and surrounding neighborhoods.
• Ensure equitable access to transportation options for those who rely upon it most.
• Create safe and seamless biking, walking and rolling transitions to each transit station.
• Foster connections and bridge physical and social barriers between the wealthiest areas and the historically disadvantages areas.
• Support the citywide goal to shift 50% of commuter trips to Rochester’s downtown by modes other than single-occupancy vehicles by 2040.