Over the past year, the planning team has been working to develop a Bicycle Master Plan for the city of Vermillion and the surrounding region. This process included an extensive public engagement process, engaging hundreds of stakeholders, hundreds of miles of field work on Vermillion's streets (mostly by bike), and technical analysis of physical condition. The final product is the Vermillion Bicycle Master Plan. You can access the document by following the link below. A special thanks to everyone that attended the public meetings, served on the committee, and provided feedback online and in person. Your participation helped shaped the final document into a plan for the future of Vermillion's bicycle network.

Thank you to everyone who attended Monday's Open House event at City Hall! We had a great turn-out, which led to great discussion. If you didn't have a chance to attend the meeting, you can download the presentation here. We've also posted the display boards for your convenience.

Once again, thank you for participating in the Open House event. We appreciate your input!

Over the past nine months, the planning team has been working to develop a Bicycle Master Plan for the city of Vermillion and the surrounding region. This process included an extensive public engagement process, engaging hundreds of stakeholders, hundreds of miles of field work on Vermillion's streets (mostly by bike), and technical analysis of physical condition. Please click one of these links to download the draft plan:

• Low-Resolution Plan (best for viewing on a screen)
• High-Resolution Plan (best for printing)

The draft may be out, but we're not done yet! We need your input, insight, and ideas to shape the final form of the plan and to help implement bicycle improvements in Vermillion. There are a few ways to engage in the planning process:

1. Contribute your comments through the "give your input" tab on the website.
2. Attend the open house event on September 10th. Information about this has been included here.

Check out this article featuring the Vermillion Bicycle Master Plan that was published in the Vermillion Plain Talk!

Don't forget to come to the upcoming Open House event:

Open House Event
Monday, September 10th
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Vermillion City Hall, City Council Chambers

Join the planning team at this public open house event and learn about the most recent updates to the Vermillion Bicycle Master Plan. At the meeting, there will be a short presentation as the planning team goes through the latest news and updates to the plan. After that, attendees will have the opportunity to view boards and illustrations about making Vermillion a more bike-friendly place, and they'll have the opportunity to provide input and ask the planning team questions about the plan.

Open House Event
Monday, September 10th
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Vermillion City Hall, City Council Chambers
25 Center Street, Vermillion, SD 57069

This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in biking or walking in Vermillion to help shape this plan. You can stay as long as you want and provide as much input as you want. After the event, we'll take the ideas gathered from the attendees and will update this website for those who cannot make it.

A bicycle network is beginning to emerge from your input over the past months and through study of Vermillion’s physical environment. On March 22^nd, the Study Advisory Committee reviewed a draft network and contributed their ideas and revisions. The next step is to refine the network and to identify the appropriate type of facilities for each segment of the network (i.e.: signage, bike lanes, multi-use paths). The draft bicycle network will be posted to the website once the recommendations of the Study Advisory Team have been incorporated.

Stay tuned!

Thanks to everyone who attended the four neighborhood workshops!

Participants learned about the planning process and shared their insight and ideas for how we can make it easier to ride a bike in Vermillion. Next we use all of the community input to create a bicycle network that brings together a system of multi-use paths and on-street facilities (download the below presentation boards for facility examples) to allow a bicyclist to comfortably ride a bike from place to place throughout town!

In case you were not able to attend, you can find the display materials here: Click here to download the presentation boards

Great coverage in the Volante!

Please read and share with your friends!

Click here to read the full story!

Join the conversation at an upcoming workshop in your neighborhood! Come learn about the Vermillion Bicycle Master Plan and discuss how to make your area of Vermillion more bicycle friendly.

Each of these meetings will be held in a separate part of the city to explore the issues and opportunities related to that part of the community.

Come to the nearest meeting to your home or work!

• Northeast: East of Dakota Street and North of Main Street. Wednesday, February 7th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm at 1st Dakota National Bank
• Southeast: East of Dakota Street and South of Main. Thursday, February 8th from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the High School
• USD: Tuesday, February 13th from 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. at the Muenster University Center on the USD Campus
• West: West of Dakota Street. Tuesday, February 13th from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Middle School

Click here to learn more at our Facebook event

The Bicycle Study Advisory Team met on January 4th, 2018 to review the plan progress and survey results. The team received insights on the characteristic of people who bike in the community, their priorities, and the type of streets and bicycle facilities people feel most or least comfortable using. The team also reviewed existing road condition and result of the interactive map. After a fruitful conversation about the survey and knowledge sharing, the meeting concluded with a discussion about series of upcoming meetings throughout the city.

Thank you to the attendees and stay tuned for an update on upcoming meetings!

The Agenda included:

• Review of Public Input
• Review of Draft Existing Condition Atlas
• Review of Draft Demand Model
• Sector Workshop Planning

Review results for the Demand Analysis here

Review the PowerPoint Presentation slides here

Review the Existing Condition Atlas