Tampa Walk-Bike Plan

The City of Tampa Walk-Bike Plan was a comprehensive initiative to improve pedestrian and bicycle mobility throughout the city. Benesch led the effort to identify infrastructure gaps, evaluate existing conditions, and recommend projects that enhanced connectivity, safety, and multimodal access across Tampa’s neighborhoods and major activity centers.

The plan established a citywide inventory of existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities and developed a prioritization framework to guide future investments. It identified a wide range of projects, including new sidewalks, bike lanes, shared lane markings, protected bike lanes, intersection bulb-outs, crossing enhancements and Complete Streets redesigns. Many of these projects were designed to fit within existing roadway cross-sections and rights-of-way, allowing for cost-effective implementation and minimal disruption.

Key corridors linking Downtown, the University area and Westshore were improved to better serve people walking and biking, while neighborhood-scale improvements strengthened local connectivity throughout central, south and north Tampa. The plan also defined the alignment for the Green Artery, a 20-mile urban trail connecting downtown with surrounding neighborhoods through a network of on-street and off-street routes.

Benesch coordinated closely with City departments, civic organizations and community stakeholders to ensure that proposed improvements reflected local priorities and complemented ongoing mobility and redevelopment initiatives. The resulting plan provided Tampa with a clear, actionable framework for expanding multimodal infrastructure, advancing safety goals and creating a more accessible, connected city.