Here in Massachusetts next month, the state Department of Transportation is holding meetings for local officials as a means of determining needs and to identify goals for the next 10 years.

I plan to attend and discuss a concept that every major city in the United States should be considering. At EfficientGov.com, we’ve written about the value of bike paths consistently (how they increase home values, and reduce health and transportation costs), with our most recent article on a bike superhighway in Copenhagen, where 50 percent of the commuting population rides to work.