The latest sign that “innovative” bike infrastructure treatments are becoming more and more mainstream: Lincoln, Nebraska, is planning to add a protected bike lane near its downtown.
Randy Rasa at the says the two-way protected lane would be one of the first of its kind in the region:
The bikeway would be a section of the roadway, located between the sidewalk and parked cars or shared traffic lanes, separated from vehicles by a raised median containing landscaping, with a single lane going each direction within the bikeway. The bikeway will be painted bright green to provide visual cues to both bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists.
The protected bikeway concept was approved as part of the in 2012. The design
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Most of the community response for the plan appears to be positive, though there is some divergence of opinion, among both cyclists and the general public. Experience in other cities seems
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Meanwhile at AASHTO, the national association of state transportation officials that produces influential engineering guidelines, time continues to .
Elsewhere on the Network today: says its high time for Minneapolis to get rid of its deadly one-way streets. explains why highway expansions can be very bad news for local streets. And details how the Bay Area’s policies toward bridge tolls and transit fares lead to more congestion.
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