Emerging Bike Network

Piecemeal bicycle facilities don’t do much to increase ridership because they do little to connect origins to destinations.  The City does not typically install on-street bike facilities unless the street is being resurfaced or rebuilt anyway, resulting in a patchwork of bike facilities.  However, it is an exciting time to be a bike commuter in Little Rock, because this patchwork is starting to connect.

This page discusses a continuous network that either exists or is in some stage of being constructed.

Figure 1.  Close up of the emerging, continuous network in the core of urban Little Rock.

Figure 2.  The emerging, continuous network in the core of urban Little Rock zoomed out from the BikeWays LR basemap.

#	Street / Park	Scope	Type	State	Length
1	Van Buren	Markham to Kavanaugh	bike lanes	existing	0.5 miles
2	Fair Park	I-630 to Markham	bike lanes	existing	0.5 miles
3	Zoo Drive	Monroe to Fair Park	bike lanes	existing	0.3 miles
4.1	Jonesboro Trail	12th St. to Marietta Ct.	trail	funded	0.3 miles
4.2	Jonesboro Trail	Marietta Ct. to Zoo Drive	sharrows	funded	0.2 miles
5	12th Street	Jonesboro to Battery	bike lanes	existing	2.0 miles
6.1	Tri-Creek Greenway P3	12th St. to Boyle Park	sharrows	funded	1.8 miles
6.2	Tri-Creek Greenway	Boyle Park	trail	existing	1.6 miles
6.3	Tri-Creek Greenway P3	Boyle Park to Brodie Creek Park	trail	funded	3.6 miles
6.4	Tri-Creek Greenway P1	Western Hills Park	trail	funded	0.5 miles
7	Coleman Creek Trail	Asher Ave. to Charles Bussey Ave.	trail	existing	1.1 miles
8	UALR Connection	First Tee to Asher tp Mabelvale Pike	trail	NOT funded	0.7 miles*
9	Mabelvale Pike bikelanes	Mabelvale Pike Trail to Asher Ave.	bike lanes	existing	0.5 miles*
10	Mabelvale Pike trail	Mabelvale Pike bike lanes to 49th St.	trail	existing	0.6 miles*
11	Kavanaugh	Markham to Rose	prot. bike lane	proposed	0.9 miles
11	Kavanaugh	Rose to Hillcrest Square	sharrows	existing	0.6 miles
11	Kavanaugh	Hillcrest Square to Van Buren	prot. bike lane	proposed	0.2 miles
12	Allsopp Trail	Kavanaugh&Rose to Cedar Hill Dr.	trail	existing	0.7 miles
13	Cedar Hill	Allsopp Park to Riverfront Dr.	bike lanes	obligated	0.5 miles
14	Arkansas River Trail	Clinton Bridge, Big Dam Bridge (loop)	trail	existing	15.6 miles
15	Markham Street	Kavanaugh to Pine	sidewalks	60% engin.	0.6 miles**
16	Southwest Trail	Little Rock to Hot Springs	trail	EA complete	63 miles***
17	36th Street	Colonel Glenn Rd. to Longcoy St.	bike lanes	existing	1.2 miles
18	Kavanaugh	Van Buren to L. Street	sharrows	existing	0.3 miles
18	Kavanaugh	L. St. to E. Crestwood Dr.	bike lanes	existing	0.4 miles
18	Kavanaugh	E. Crestwood Dr. to University Ave.	sharrows	existing	1.0 miles
19	Two Rivers Park	Two Rivers Bridge to Two Rivers Rd.	trail	existing	1.8 miles
20	Two Rivers Park Rd.	Two Rivers Park Trail to Country Farm	road w/in park	existing	0.6 miles**
21	Country Farm Rd.	Two Rivers Park to Pinnacle Valley (CLR)	bike lanes	existing	2.8 miles
22	Pinnacle Valley (Pulaski)	Country Farm Rd. to Pinn. State Park	bike lanes	existing	2.2 miles
23	Pinnacle Valley (CLR)	Country Farm Rd. to Cantrell Ave.	bike lanes	existing	1.0 miles
24	Village at Ison Creek	Pinnacle Valley (CLR) to Cantrell Ave.	sharrows	existing	0.4 miles
25	Taylor Loop (N-S)	Cantrell Ave. to Hinson Rd.	fog lanes	existing	0.5 miles**
26	Taylor Loop (E-W)	Taylor Loop (N-S) to Lamarche Dr.	bike lanes	existing	0.9 miles
27	Lamarche Dr.	Taylor Loop (E-W) to Chenal Valley Dr.	bike lanes	existing	1.7 miles
28	Chenal Valley Dr.	Rahling Rd. to Chenal Parkway	fog lanes	existing	0.9 miles**
29	Chenal Valley Dr.	Chenal Parkway to Chenal Parkway	bike lanes	existing	4.3 miles
30	Champagnolle Dr.	Chenal Valley Dr. to Rahling Rd.	bike lanes	existing	0.8 miles
31	Broadway Bridge	Markham to W. Broadway + ramps	trail	existing	0.8 miles
32.1	Southeast Trail	Clinton Library to 6th St. pumphouse	trail	funded	1.2 miles
32.2	Southeast Trail	6th St. pumphouse to airport terminal	trail	60% engin	2.3 miles***
33.1	Overlook Dr.	Greathouse Bend Dr.to Hearthside Dr.	bike lane	existing	0.6 miles
33.2	Overlook Dr.	Hearthside Drive to River Oaks Circle	sharrows	existing	0.5 miles
Total					52.8 miles
* not counted toward total because not yet continuous
** not counted toward total because not a bicycle facility
*** not counted toward total because not yet funded

52.8 miles of more or less continuous bike network (but see 20, 25, and 28 and breaks in Arkansas River Trail, i.e. “Remaining Arkansas River Trail Challenges“)