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Houston Bike Plan

The Houston Bike Plan envisions Houston as a safer, more accessible, bike-friendly city

  • Improve Safety – To provide a safer bicycle network for people of all ages and abilities through improved facilities, education, and enforcement.
  • Increase Access – To create a highly accessible, citywide network of comfortable bike facilities that connects neighborhoods to transit, jobs, and activity centers, including schools, universities, parks, and libraries
  • Increase Ridership – To exceed average ridership levels in peer cities by implementing policies and programs that enable more people to ride bicycles and encourage healthy, active transportation choices
  • Develop and maintain facilities – Todevelop and maintain a high-quality bicycle network, including both bikeways and end-of-trip facilities.
The Planning & Development Department, in coordination with Houston Public Works and the Parks and Recreation Department, led the update of Houston’s Comprehensive Bikeway Plan, originally approved in 1993. The City worked with our funding partners: BikeHouston, Houston Parks Board, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and The Texas Department of Transportation to develop the plan. Public input was gathered throughout the planning process. A Bicycle Advisory Committee made up of representatives from Houston’s bicycling community, implementing authorities, community leaders, and other representatives guided the development of the Plan. The Houston Bike Plan was adopted by City Council on March 22, 2017.

Houston Bike Plan Map

Houston Bike Plan Map – Almost 1,800 miles of high-comfort bikeways are planned for the City of Houston. Explore the full network guiding the implementation of the Houston Bike Plan.

Bicycle Advisory Committee

The committee will advise and make recommendations to the Planning Commission and Planning Director on bicycling issues in Houston, including amendments to the Bike Plan, bicycle safety and education, strategies for funding projects, and promoting public participation in bicycling. The Committee was established by ordinance in 2017 to assist in implementation of the Houston Bike Plan. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) formed two subcommittees in May 2018. The two subcommittees are the Infrastructure Subcommittee and the Education Subcommittee. These two subcommittees were established in order to draft recommendations for consideration by the BAC. The Infrastructure Subcommittee will address topics related to selecting, designing, and implementing the Bike Plan’s proposed network of bikeways. The Education Subcommittee will address educational programs and tools needed to increase safety for vulnerable road users. The equitable distribution of new bike infrastructure and safety of vulnerable road users will be core components of both subcommittees. The subcommittees will meet in alternating months that the full BAC is not meeting (i.e. Infrastructure Subcommittee will meet in May, the Education Subcommittee will meet in June, and the full BAC meeting will be held in July). View the 2025 BAC Meeting Schedule

Bicycle Advisory Committe

BAC Members and Supporting Staff

From Back to Front Row, Left to Right

  • Ben Drews – Greater Houston Off Road Biking Association
  • Ian Hlavacek – Managing Engineer, Multimodal Safety & Design Branch, Houston Public Works
  • Tracy Alexander – AARP Foundation
  • Lisa Graif – Houston Parks Board
  • Brandon Mosley – Transportation Planner II, Planning & Development
  • Brian D. Smith II — Transportation Planner, Planning & Development
  • Mike VanDusen – Super Neighborhood Alliance
  • Dr. Veon McReynolds – Third Ward/South Houston
  • Kim Mickelson – Sen. Assistant City Attorney, Legal
  • Robin A. Holzer – Neartown/Montrose
  • Leah Chambers – Outside Voices
  • Jessica Wiggins – Harris County Pct. 4
  • Tom Compson – Chair, Community Advocate
  • Alejandro Perez – Vice Chair, North Houston
  • Joe Cutrufo – BikeHouston
  • Trevor Reichman – Community Advocate