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![]() Sign Up Chris Wetterich Staff reporter and columnist Cincinnati Business Courier Home of the Day ?Extraordinary River Views!Sponsor Listing ?Extraordinary River Views! See All Homes of the Day The Central Parkway protected bike lane is the first of its kind in Ohio. Cincinnati Councilman Christopher Smitherman wants nearly a half mile of the Central Parkway protected bikeway removed. Smitherman filed a motion set to be introduced at Wednesday’s City Council meeting directing the administration to remove a 0.4-mile portion of the bikeway roughly between Central Avenue and Liberty Street in Over-the-Rhine. That portion of the bikeway passes in front of Findlay Market, and on the weekends vehicles often are limited to two lanes because of cars parked on the street near the market. That portion of the bike lane also passes in front of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge. “I remain concerned about safety issues related to the bike lanes in this designated area,” Smitherman wrote on his motion. Smitherman also submitted a letter from Robert Schwartz, a CUF resident, asking that the lanes be removed and listing 16 reasons why they should go. "The location of the Federal (sic) Order of Police building (1900 Central Parkway), and other areas along the parkway, suddenly restrict traffic to one lane in each direction," Schwartz wrote. "That mile long area is probably the most dangerous of the whole stretch of Central Parkway. Many park in front of that building at any time with impunity." Motions are not binding by law, only ordinances are. Without a majority of council signing Smitherman’s motion, it’s unlikely City Manager Harry Black’s administration would act upon it. A majority of members of the Cincinnati City Council are staunch supporters of the city’s first bike lanes that are separated from cars using bollards. The Clifton and Over-the-Rhine community councils also wrote City Council members backing the idea of having a protected bike lane on Central Parkway. In the case of OTR’s council, it asked for the lanes' completion to Ludlow Avenue as was contemplated when the first phase of the bike lane was implemented. “Central Parkway is a perfect street for a protected bike lane because it links so many neighborhoods with a high percentage of people who ride bikes: Northside, Clifton, Clifton Heights, West End, Over-the-Rhine and the Central Business District,” wrote OTR Community Council president Ryan Messer. “There has not been an impact on traffic and ridership numbers continue to rise. When the bike lane is completed with a protected lane to and from Ludlow, we expect ridership to grow even more.” The bike lane has been a political football since it was installed in 2014, in part by using a $500,000 grant. It is now seen as another front in the ongoing fight between progressive urbanists, who favor rail transit and want to see the city’s streets made more friendly for pedestrians and bicyclists, and Mayor John Cranley, who tried to kill the streetcar in 2013 and opposes on-street bike lanes, features that many cities are embracing as they try to attract businesses and millennial workers who don’t want to have to drive a car everywhere. 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