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Recently, people have speculated on social media and in a readers forum in the Minnesota Star Tribune about how much Minneapolis has spent on bike lanes and infrastructure. Claims have ranged from more than $1 billion in total to $4 billion in 2024 alone.
The city says these claims are highly inflated.
In an email to MinnPost, a Minneapolis spokesperson clarified that over the past ten years, the city has spent about $25.6 million on bikeway projects. That does not include spending on biking infrastructure during street reconstructions, which the city said adds only a “small amount” to overall project costs.
Minneapolis is known for a robust bike infrastructure that has been built out through city, state and federal initiatives. For example, Minneapolis received $25 million in 2008 for biking infrastructure through the Federal Highway Administration’s Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program.
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