Pedestrian and bicycle plans, safety, news, and more can be found here. Scroll down to see all. Please click on the links below for specific documents or information. The Evansville MPO is dedicated to helping local authorities plan, fund, and implement projects that enhance bicycle and walking transportation in the Evansville-Henderson region. For more information contact EMPO staff Dave Stensaas at 812-436-7840.

Safe Routes to School            SRTS Program    Safe Routes is a federal grant program intended to improve the ability of children in grades K-8 to walk and/or bike to school. Funds are available for infrastructure and non-infrastructure improvements, on a competitive basis.

Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans                           

Evansville Regional Area: Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan 

Henderson: Henderson Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Pigeon Creek Greenway (website): http://www.pcgreenway.org/index.html

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Pedestrian Safety pamphlet: Developed by the Safe Kids organization with support from FedEx, this easy-to-read, two-sided pamphlet contains the most important bullet-points about staying safe in street corridors, and what to teach kids about being safe around streets.

Pedestrian Safety (Safe Kids USA) (.PDF)

Safe Biking pamphlet: Developed by our staff and intended for children and their guardians. This pamphlet may be reproduced for non-profit educational purposes. Click line below to bring up the pamphlet as a portable document file (requires Adobe reader).

Safe Biking - What You Need to Know for Safe Bicycling (.PDF)

Bike Smart pamphlet: Developed by our staff and intended for older children and adults who would use a bicycle for urban transportation. Presents traffic skills and rules, lane positioning, turning, passing, controlling your bike, types of bikeways, and more. This pamphlet may be reproduced for non-profit educational purposes. Click line below to bring up the pamphlet as a portable document file (requires Adobe reader).

Bike Smart - On Road Bicycling Safety Tips (.PDF)

Bicycling Street Smarts: An online booklet which describes the nuts and bolts of safe and legal on-road cycling including lane-positioning, navigating intersections, expert control of brakes and steering, emergency maneuvers, and dealing with difficult situations.

http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa

By learning correct on-road cycling techniques and mastering control of the bicycle, any cyclist from beginner to expert will enjoy increased confidence and safety while riding any road. By John Allen. This is a copyrighted publication.  Use this link for more information about the booklet, author, and for ordering this publication: http://bikemaps.com/bss.htm

A brief article prepared by our staff: Bicycle-Motorist Cooperation

Area Bicycle Routes and other Biking Opportunities                                                            

Evansville Bikeways:                                                                                                      

• Bikeway Map

• Press Release regarding bikeways establishment (June 2008)

Evansville-area Bike Parking: Go to online to Google Maps and search for "Evansville Bike Racks"

Burdette Park-Union Township Bike Routes/USI-Burdette Nature Trail: 

Just southwest of Evansville lies beautiful Burdette Park. 32 miles of rural roads south of the Park are "signed" and dedicated for shared use with bicycles. There are two "trailheads" (at Burdette Park and Dogtown Tavern), the routes are highly visible, and many locals think these are the safest biking roads in Vanderburgh County.     The Park trailhead is located just north of Graff Road, where you can connect to any of the four routes, and the park also has showers that cyclists can use. Dogtown Tavern sells food and beverages.  Click on this link for a map of the routes that you can print: Burdette/UT Routes  

Also, Burdette Park is the southern terminus of a beautiful multi-use path called the Burdette Park-USI Nature Trail. The "Trail" is at present about one-third of a mile in length, and can currently be accessed only at Burdette Park, near the campgrounds, as the trail outside of the park is currently under construction.

Bike and Pedestrian Links:

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center - walking: http://www.walkinginfo.org/

Perils for Pedestrians: http://www.pedestrians.org/index.html

Feet First: http://www.feetfirst.info/

Evansville Bicycle Club (EBC): http://evansvillebicycleclub.org

Tour d'Eville bike club: http://www.tourdetaverns.com/

Miles Ahead Coalition (Evansville advocacy group for alternative transport): http://www.miles-ahead.org/

Bicycle Indiana (former Indiana Bicycle Coalition): http://bicycleindiana.org/

Indiana Rails-to-Trails Projects (the Greenway Foundation): http://www.indianatrails.org/

Indiana DNR Bicycle Route Map: http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/2821.htm

Indiana DOT Non-motorized information page: http://www.in.gov/indot/3504.htm

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center - bicycling: http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/

League of American Bicyclists: http://www.bikeleague.org/index.php

International Bicycle Fund (lots of good info): http://www.ibike.org/education/

Smart Growth America: http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/

Video News Links:

NBC Nightly News feature on expanding use of bikes