Bicycle Plans

“Pedestrians and bicycles” is meant to cover non-motorized means of transit. This is the most non-polluting form of transportation. Kern COG has the role of encouraging and finding funds for improvements to facilitate non-motorized transit. Kern COG has adopted a Bicycle Facilities Plan and currently is a funding conduit for improvements in non-motorized transportation.

2022 – 2025 Safe Routes for Cyclists in Kern Disadvantaged Communities

Kern Council of Governments was awarded an Active Transportation Program Cycle 5 grant from the California Transportation Commission to conduct the non-Infrastructure project titled “Safe Routes for Cyclists in Kern County’s Disadvantaged Communities (SR4C).” Kern COG in partnership with Bike Bakersfield, California Walks, the Kern County Library and local Bakersfield-based bicycle shops conducted the SR4C program.
Through Education, Encouragement and Evaluation activities, SR4C sought to encourage bicycling as a mode of transportation providing the tools, riding skills and safety knowledge to make it safe and easy to opt to ride a bicycle in the Cities of Arvin, California City, Delano, Maricopa, McFarland, Shafter, Taft, Wasco, and the unincorporated communities of Oildale (in the Bakersfield Metro Area), Buttonwillow, Lake Isabella/Wofford Heights, Lamont, and Lost Hills.

• Safety Streets Demonstration
• Stakeholder’s Report
• SR4C Final Report
• Bike Bakersfield SR4C webpage

Bakersfield Active Transportation Plan

The City of Bakersfield’s (City) Active Transportation Plan (ATP) will create safer and more enjoyable streets for residents and visitors. It provides a long-term vision for the development of a robust citywide network of dedicated bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

• City of Bakersfield ATP Report

2020 Pedestrian Plans

• Downtown Bakersfield Pedestrian Access To Transit Plan

2020 Bakersfield High-Speed Rail Bike Network Plan

• Low Stress Bikeway Network in the Vicinity of Bakersfield High-Speed Rail Station
• Central Valley Passage Long Distance Route

2019 Bicycle Plan and Complete Streets Facilities

Caltrans’ Mission is to provide a safe, sustainable, integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California’s economy and livability. Enhancing bicycle access along with pedestrian and transit is instrumental and vital to accomplishing this mission.

• Bicycle Plan & Complete Streets for District 6

2018 Kern Region Active Transportation Plan

Through an extensive review of existing conditions and comprehensive community and stakeholder outreach, the Active Transportation Plan establishes a regional vision complemented by stand-alone recommendations for each jurisdiction and unincorporated area. User-friendly maps and prioritized projects provide a clearly defined implementation strategy, enabling communities to put their respective plans into action.

• Kern Region Active Transportation Plan
• Kern Region Active Transportation Plan Appendices

2013 City of Bakersfield Bicycle Transportation Plan

This Bicycle Transportation Plan provides an overarching vision supported by strategies and actions for improving the bicycling environment in Bakersfield. The purpose of this Plan is to identify strategic expansion of the existing network, complete network gaps, provide greater connectivity, educate, and encourage the public, and to maximize funding sources.

• City of Bakersfield Bicycle Transportation Plan

2012 Kern County Bicycle Master Plan

The 2012 Kern County Bicycle Master Plan and Complete Streets Recommendations provides a broad vision for encouraging increased bicycle travel, as well as strategies and actions, to improve conditions for bicycling throughout the unincorporated communities throughout the county. This Plan provides direction for expanding the existing bikeway network and connecting gaps within the unincorporated communities and throughout the county as a means of bettering the bicycling environment.

• Kern County Regional Bicycle Plan Volume I
• Kern County Regional Bicycle Plan Volume II

2001 Kern County Bicycle Plan

The Kern County Bicycle Plan has been produced so that much of the information related to bicycling in the Kern region will be available in a single document. The purpose this serves is to simplify and clarify bicycle travel facilities planning and serve as a basis of understanding for existing facilities and identify where the system needs to be expanded.

• Kern Regional Bicycle Plan