Biketopia

• Network of bike "freeways". Combination of trails and bike boulevards allow cyclists to travel continuously (few stops), quickly and pleasantly (little traffic) to many areas.
• Streets. All new streets are designed to accommodate cyclists. Streets are laid out in grid pattern and cul-de-sacs and gated communities are not allowed.
• Most roads have two lanes. No roads more than four lanes. All roads have bike lanes, adequate width for cyclists to share with motor vehicle traffic or very slow (25MPH or less) traffic speeds.
• Traffic speeds are set so they are safe for pedestrians and cyclists and encourage trips by cyclists and pedestrians.
• Roadways are frequently swept so they are free of debris.
• Roadways are smooth without potholes, uneven surfaces, and cracks.
• Schools have safe and convenient access via bikeways and sidewalks.
• Hazards are conveniently identified by the public and quickly corrected.
• Universal bike parking. Short term parking. High quality, well-placed parking at all places where visitors or customer may arrive by bike, such as retail stores, offices, libraries, parks, museums.
• Long term parking. High security, convenient lockers or cages for employees at all work sites and for students at schools and colleges.
• Showers and lockers. All work sites have showers and lockers for employees who bike commute long distances.
• River crossings are available at least every two miles in urbanized areas. All-weather crossing of the American River is added at Discovery Park. Additional crossings of the American River are added at Sutter Regional Park, Glen Hall Park, Harrington Way, and Ancil Hoffman Park. Bridges are added over the Sacramento River at Sutterville Road and from Garden Highway (between Discovery Park and I-80). Bicycles are accommodated on existing bridges that currently are substandard and dangerous, such as Tower Bridge, Hwy 160, Howe Avenue, Watt Avenue, Hazel and Sunrise Boulevard.
• Railroad track crossings are available at least every mile in urbanized areas.
• Freeway interchanges. Interchanges are compact, without land-consuming cloverleafs. No high speed merges. No two-lane off-ramps or on-ramps. Off-ramps and on-ramps are at right angles to intersecting streets. Freeway overcrossings have adequate lane width for cyclists.
• Freeway crossings are available every half mile in urbanized areas.
• Shade. All new streets have planting strips for shade trees. There's an active program to add shade trees to existing streets in planting strips.  Focus is on edges of streets where cyclists and pedestrians are and not on medians.

Education

• Cyclists are treated with respect by road designers, builders, operators, and users.
• Government transportation staff are trained in accommodating cyclists.
• All road users and knowledgeable, skilled, and well trained.
• Universal bike education for elementary school students in the fourth grade.
• Motorists graciously share the road with other users, including cyclists.
• Adult cycling education is available, promoted and well attended.

Enforcement and safety

• All motor vehicle drivers are licensed and insured.
• Police enforce bike laws.
• Motorists who threaten, injure, or kill cyclists and pedestrians are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
• Police enforce motor vehicle laws.
• Cell phone use while driving is banned.

Encouragement and Promotion

• Gas costs. Gas prices reflect the full costs of its use. These include health, environmental, road maintenance, emergency service, military defense, and uncompensated accidents costs.
• Parking. Motorists pay the full costs of parking.
• Incentives. Cyclists receive commensurate incentives if any other alternative transportation user receives incentives.
• Advertising. Bicycling is promoted by government on TV, radio, and in print as a healthy, safe, environmentally sound, and economic form of transportation.
• Events. Public funding of Bike Commute Days and family rides.

Land Use

• Shorter trips are encouraged through land use policy. Mixed use development is standard.
• Stores and offices front the street, not parking lots.
• Mega-stores are discouraged and smaller stores, especially frequently visisted stores, such as groceries, are encouraged.

Funding and Staffing

• Ten percent (or an amount equal to transit share) of all transportation funds at national, state, local levels go toward cycling projects and programs.
• Ten percent of government transportation staff is devoted to cycling projects and programs.