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Bike Lanes on Riverside Drive Put on Hold
Interstate highway construction in Northern Kentucky delays a bicycle
project for a busy Cincinnati street. Bike lanes were supposed to go on Riverside Drive from near the Montgomery Inn Boathouse out to Delta Avenue. Local 12 News reporter Jeff Hirsh explains what led to the delay and when the changes might actually happen. Lane reconstruction begins next week on I-275 and I-471. Alternate routes are being suggested. And one possible alternate for people trying to get from the eastern suburbs to downtown is Riverside Drive. So for now at least, the city does not want to take out any lanes for bikes which makes cyclists rather unhappy. "On the rainy days, I don't expect everybody to get out on the rainy days. I do it because I'm dedicated to it." Nern Ostendorf is the Executive Director of Queen City Bike, an advocacy group. That group, in fact, a lot of people want a lane on Riverside Drive turned into a bicycle lane. "Gas prices are not going to keep getting lower and that's going to hurt people where it matters." The city was going to do it but now, Riverside Drive may be seeing hundreds more cars a day as commuters use the road to get around construction on I-275 and I-471. So the city has temporarily postponed putting the bike lane in, which cyclists see as a big mistake. "I likened it to a Supreme Court decision. This is the first time where a conflict of interest between bicycles and pedestrians and cars has come up. I worry that if we decide to prioritize cars first it will happen again and again." Ostendorf fears a delay will kill the bike lane. Not so, says the city's Director of Transportation, Michael Moore. Moore says the city will evaluate how much new traffic shows up because of the interstate construction and then delay the project accordingly. It could be up to two years, perhaps just a few months. Putting a bike lane here may not turn Riverside Drive into a Parisian boulevard, but you won't have cars and trucks zooming by, at least not as many not as fast. And to bicycle advocates that is a big deal. "Bicycle traffic makes people feel like they live in a great place." Ostendorf says Columbia Parkway is a better alternate than Riverside Drive anyway. But the city wants to see what happens. The city is not suggesting Riverside Drive as an alternate, but if people use it as a detour, it could be a huge mess if any lanes are removed. The city was actually going to put the bike lane in last summer, but bad weather made construction impossible. (Video at website) http://www.local12.com/news/local/st...0G2uAdnTQ.cspx --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to --- |
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Bike Lanes on Riverside Drive Put on Hold
On Mar 23, 7:36 pm, Garrison Hilliard wrote:
Interstate highway construction in Northern Kentucky delays a bicycle project for a busy Cincinnati street. Bike lanes were supposed to go on Riverside Drive from near the Montgomery Inn Boathouse out to Delta Avenue. Local 12 News reporter Jeff Hirsh explains what led to the delay and when the changes might actually happen. Lane reconstruction begins next week on I-275 and I-471. Alternate routes are being suggested. And one possible alternate for people trying to get from the eastern suburbs to downtown is Riverside Drive. So for now at least, the city does not want to take out any lanes for bikes which makes cyclists rather unhappy. "On the rainy days, I don't expect everybody to get out on the rainy days. I do it because I'm dedicated to it." Nern Ostendorf is the Executive Director of Queen City Bike, an advocacy group. That group, in fact, a lot of people want a lane on Riverside Drive turned into a bicycle lane. "Gas prices are not going to keep getting lower and that's going to hurt people where it matters." The city was going to do it but now, Riverside Drive may be seeing hundreds more cars a day as commuters use the road to get around construction on I-275 and I-471. So the city has temporarily postponed putting the bike lane in, which cyclists see as a big mistake. "I likened it to a Supreme Court decision. This is the first time where a conflict of interest between bicycles and pedestrians and cars has come up. I worry that if we decide to prioritize cars first it will happen again and again." Ostendorf fears a delay will kill the bike lane. Not so, says the city's Director of Transportation, Michael Moore. Moore says the city will evaluate how much new traffic shows up because of the interstate construction and then delay the project accordingly. It could be up to two years, perhaps just a few months. Putting a bike lane here may not turn Riverside Drive into a Parisian boulevard, but you won't have cars and trucks zooming by, at least not as many not as fast. And to bicycle advocates that is a big deal. "Bicycle traffic makes people feel like they live in a great place." Ostendorf says Columbia Parkway is a better alternate than Riverside Drive anyway. But the city wants to see what happens. The city is not suggesting Riverside Drive as an alternate, but if people use it as a detour, it could be a huge mess if any lanes are removed. The city was actually going to put the bike lane in last summer, but bad weather made construction impossible. (Video at website) http://www.local12.com/news/local/st...iverside-Drive... "This is the first time where a conflict of interest between bicycles and pedestrians and cars has come up." Seriously? |
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Bike Lanes on Riverside Drive Put on Hold
On Mar 24, 7:26 am, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
wrote: On Mar 23, 10:49 pm, Dan O wrote: On Mar 23, 7:36 pm, Garrison Hilliard wrote: Interstate highway construction in Northern Kentucky delays a bicycle project for a busy Cincinnati street. Bike lanes were supposed to go on Riverside Drive from near the Montgomery Inn Boathouse out to Delta Avenue. Local 12 News reporter Jeff Hirsh explains what led to the delay and when the changes might actually happen. Lane reconstruction begins next week on I-275 and I-471. Alternate routes are being suggested. And one possible alternate for people trying to get from the eastern suburbs to downtown is Riverside Drive. So for now at least, the city does not want to take out any lanes for bikes which makes cyclists rather unhappy. "On the rainy days, I don't expect everybody to get out on the rainy days. I do it because I'm dedicated to it." Nern Ostendorf is the Executive Director of Queen City Bike, an advocacy group. That group, in fact, a lot of people want a lane on Riverside Drive turned into a bicycle lane. "Gas prices are not going to keep getting lower and that's going to hurt people where it matters." The city was going to do it but now, Riverside Drive may be seeing hundreds more cars a day as commuters use the road to get around construction on I-275 and I-471. So the city has temporarily postponed putting the bike lane in, which cyclists see as a big mistake. "I likened it to a Supreme Court decision. This is the first time where a conflict of interest between bicycles and pedestrians and cars has come up. I worry that if we decide to prioritize cars first it will happen again and again." Ostendorf fears a delay will kill the bike lane. Not so, says the city's Director of Transportation, Michael Moore. Moore says the city will evaluate how much new traffic shows up because of the interstate construction and then delay the project accordingly. It could be up to two years, perhaps just a few months. Putting a bike lane here may not turn Riverside Drive into a Parisian boulevard, but you won't have cars and trucks zooming by, at least not as many not as fast. And to bicycle advocates that is a big deal. "Bicycle traffic makes people feel like they live in a great place." Ostendorf says Columbia Parkway is a better alternate than Riverside Drive anyway. But the city wants to see what happens. The city is not suggesting Riverside Drive as an alternate, but if people use it as a detour, it could be a huge mess if any lanes are removed. The city was actually going to put the bike lane in last summer, but bad weather made construction impossible. (Video at website) http://www.local12.com/news/local/st...iverside-Drive... "This is the first time where a conflict of interest between bicycles and pedestrians and cars has come up." Seriously? I think at this pace of construction of bike lanes it will take some 100 years to be connected. At this point I'd support that we TAKE THE LANE instead of waiting. Talk about creating a conflict of interest. |
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