City of Edmonton officials have identified two streets to add to Edmonton’s growing network of bike routes – and officials are hoping to gauge reaction from cyclists over how those bike lanes could be added.

The City said 83 Avenue in the Old Strathcona and Garneau areas, and 102 Avenue in the downtown, Oliver and Glenora areas are the top ranked locations for new bike routes.

The announcement came after months of public consultation – one official said hundreds of cyclists use those routes daily.

“These are pretty popular routes for cyclists, they have 400 to 600 cyclists a day, and we think with high quality infrastructure we can boost that and have a significant increase,” Tyler Golly, General Supervisor of Sustainable Transportation, said Friday.

Officials said 16 pieces of criteria were considered in the process – criteria they said the public identified as important including cost, connectivity and traffic disruption.

On Friday and Saturday, the city set up temporary examples of what the new bike lanes could look like, with three examples:

Bike boulevard: aimed at slowing down and redirecting traffic, but shares road space with motorists, giving priority to cyclists and pedestrians

Cycle track: a protected bike lane, with space exclusively for cyclists

Bicycle contra-flow lane: a separate lane that would allow cyclists to travel against the flow of traffic on a one-way street

The temporary bike lane was open until 8 p.m. Friday, but would also be set up for Saturday, September 20 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The city has also planned two open houses for residents to share feedback on the bike routes.

Downtown residents are asked to attend the meeting on October 29 at 5 p.m. at the Robertson-Wesley United Church (10209 123 Street), for residents on the south side, the meeting has been scheduled for October 3 at 5 p.m. in the Maple Leaf Room at the Lister Hall Conference Centre on the University of Alberta campus on 87 Avenue and 116 Street.

The new bike routes would need to have a set design and price, before having it all approved by City Council – so the new bike lanes are not expected in those areas until 2016.

With files from Nicole Weisberg