Lithuania to expand bike paths to 5,000 km by 2035

Expansion of the bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure from 3,000 to 5,000 kilometres of paths and more convenient and safer trips for the people using them, motivation to swap private cars for healthy, eco-friendly bicycles, and over EUR 300 million in investments to achieve these goals. This is Lithuania’s vision of cycling until 2035 that is being developed in the national bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure development map, which was presented to the public on Wednesday by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

This map was developed by the Ministry together with the Lithuanian Road Administration (LAKD), in cooperation with municipalities and communities uniting cyclists, the Ministry reports.