Sentences with phrase «bike lane project»

75 percent of people who live near a protected bike lane project say they support more in other locations.

Councilors discussed live streaming meetings and a bike lane project near Syracuse University, among other things.

In her commentary, «Baltimore needs a citywide approach to street design» (April 24), Liz Cornish states that Roland Park residents are «blocking» bike lane projects that would make the neighborhood more accessible and safe.

The Portland blue bike lanes project has shown that cyclists feel 50 % safer biking on the coloured lanes.

Not exact matches

The project also would feature Americans With Disabilities Act - related improvements including an elevator at Lakeview Center, as well as safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists by way of sidewalks and bike lanes, officials said.

Gustafson said the next step is to assemble a bike path advisory committee to decide issues such as the scope of the project and whether separate trails or a bike lane alongside the streets will be used.

Hennessey is advocating for a Safe Routes to Transit program for Suffolk County, has requested $ 1 million for a safer - bike - lane pilot program, and is fighting to have a portion of red - light camera revenue dedicated to complete - streets projects.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — When other elected officials around the city were giving their state of the district speeches back in the summer, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez decided to postpone his — citing a flurry of staff changes, zoning battles over the controversial Sherman Plaza project and plans to increase bike lanes in the area.

In addition to the road improvements, the Project also includes: two tolled direct connect flyovers that will link eastbound SH 71 to northbound US 183 and southbound US 183 to westbound SH 71; a new 5 - foot bike lane on each side of the project, a 10 - foot shared use path, and a 6 - foot to 10 - foot siProject also includes: two tolled direct connect flyovers that will link eastbound SH 71 to northbound US 183 and southbound US 183 to westbound SH 71; a new 5 - foot bike lane on each side of the project, a 10 - foot shared use path, and a 6 - foot to 10 - foot siproject, a 10 - foot shared use path, and a 6 - foot to 10 - foot sidewalk.

The Project will also include the design, construction and / or relocation of certain interchanges, bridges and utilities (including full connectivity at the Capital Beltway intersection), improvements to auxiliary and bike lanes, and the design, installation and operation of a dynamic, electronic toll collection system.

The replacement project will widen lanes, add a lane in each direction, widen shoulders, and add bike and pedestrian lanes, which will all greatly increase capacity and safety.

This long - awaited link is part of the larger Presidio Coastal Trail improvement project (launched in 2010), which has created multi-use segments, installed bike lanes along Lincoln Boulevard, restored native habitat along the trail corridor, and established new overlooks.

In 2010, Jason organized a series of «Better Block» projects, taking blighted blocks with vacant properties in Southern Dallas and converting them into temporary walkable districts with pop - up businesses, bike lanes, cafe seating, and landscaping.

There has been a bike lane «pilot project» on a major east - west artery, Bloor Street, about which the Mayor said last year:

Obviously this is only a small step, but combined with ambitious infrastructure projects like more bike lanes, expansions in bike sharing, transit improvements, pedestrian zones, maybe some congestion pricing and better management of parking spaces, this can make a difference.

Together we inaugurated 6th Avenue's brand new protected bike lane, the latest addition to DOT's growing list of projects that improve and expand our City's bike network.

On the other you have the nimble, flexibility of cities that over the past decade have installed collectively thousands of new miles of bike lanes, bus lanes, plazas and pilot projects.

The project proposes two 11 - foot travel lanes, sidewalk, and a 5 - foot minimum one - way separated bike lane in each direction.

The project will construct a contraflow separated bike lane on the east side of Glenbrook Road from Bradley Blvd. to Fairfax Dr. Traffic calming islands are also included in the design as a means of reducing speeds.

That project will coincide with the city's installation of protected bike lanes on Delancey.

Chicago alone has built 32 projects, and protected bike lanes are also appearing in suburbs like Hillsboro, Oregon, which features three routes, and smaller communities like Springdale, Arkansas, with two.

The Green Lane Project was a five - year PeopleForBikes program helping cities build better bike lanes to create low - stress streets.

Contrail leaves an impression based on the cumulative movements of many cyclists over time (a more lasting variation on the BYO bike lane concept employed by the laser - projected LightLane).

The Green Lane Project is a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low - stress streets.

«NACTO's analysis confirms our experiences helping cities build protected bike lanes through our Green Lane Project,» said Martha Roskowski, Vice President of Local Innovation at PeopleForBikes.

Until you've seen with your own eyes a full network of protected bike lanes, Green Lane Project Program Manager Zach Vanderkooy sometimes says, a city where bikes are the vehicle of choice for most short trips sounds like «something out of science fiction.»

The attitude about cycling here is just one of many things to cheer: a planned light - rail bridge that will also bring $ 40 million in new buffered bike lanes and paths; a proposed apartment project with 1,200 parking spaces for bikes; and a university that supports urban cycling research, Portland State, which last year released a scientific study proving that, yes, bike commuters really do arrive happier.

That means less money for bike lanes, and less money for routine things like fixing pot holes, and less money for big - ticket projects, too.

The popular Broadway Boulevard project, which turned a lane of traffic on the landmark street into a plaza and protected bike lane, is just the start; over the last two years, 52 acres of roadbed have been similarly transformed.

With the success of pilot projects such as the cycle tracks of Richmond & Adelaide, the contra - flow lane on Shaw Street, the Bloor Street bike lanes; the popular Bike Share program run by the City through the Toronto Parking Authority and with the success of organizations such as Cycle Toronto, Bike Sauce, Bike Pirates, Bike Chain and Charlie's Freewheels, CBN can finally go to rest knowing that cycling advocacy and services are in good hands.

As John Doyle points out in the Globe and Mail, The War on the Car that Rob Ford just won, where he plans to cancel light rail projects and bike lanes across town, is not a war on elites and artsy people; it is a war on «lunch - pail, blue - collar people,» the students, the elderly, the poor working people who overwhelmingly take transit.

That cuts costs, of course, and also makes it easier to implement test projects that could more quickly get separated bikes lanes added to your neighborhood, similar to the pop - up bike lanes I wrote about in February.

The video above shows a conversation between The Open Planning Project's Executive Director, Mark Gorton, and the Commissioner, and covers everything from physically separated bike lanes to reclaiming public space for people, through freeing up bus lanes for faster mass transit, and even the psychology of the street — how cues from the environment can help create cultural shift in the city's drivers.

It's cool to see the big projects, like new bike shares being launched, or miles and miles of new separated bike lanes being built, but making the world more bike - friendly is also about lots and lots of small one - offs like this.

He states that the city has already applied for federal funding from the clean air program and has combined the bike - lane project with some maintenance construction for nearby roads.