I doubt it would cost millions to incorporate bike lanes into the Lake Street design, but as Jim points out, the problem still stands: Lake Street is a really bad place for a bike. (Unless the bike is going only a little slower or faster than the speed of traffic. Then it's alright, if you're observant.)
How about another suggestion: Install a bike lane in each direction on 31st street. This would certainly work west of 35W. Would this be possible east of 35W? This could divert a lot of the neighborhood bike travel from Lake Street and is a much more convenient (and less costly) solution than anything that could be done to the Greenway.
Don't get me wrong; I like the Greenway. It's just better suited for a certain type of longer-distance transportation than on-street biking. Also, this setup wouldn't keep all bikes off Lake Street (nor should it) but it would provide a convenient and much safer alternative.
Another wish: Bike lanes on 26th and 28th Sts. a la Park and the other north-south one-way the name of which I forget. One way streets tend to be a lot better for bikes than two way. I know this duplicates some of the functionality of the Greenway, but the cost of putting down a bike lane on streets such as these can't be much more than the cost of paint.
Just a couple suggestions.
Ethan Jewett the Wedge
At 04:09 PM 7/3/2003 -0700, Jim Mork wrote:
I don't think it does. If you have a problem with the Greenway, solve that problem. Don't spend whatever millions are spent on it and then spend MORE millions so that Lake Street can rob some of its traffic.
I ride a bike. I ride it a lot. I NEVER ride it on Lake except to get from one place where I can use an alternate street to another place where I can. Lake is just a very bad biking street. And it will be unacceptably expensive to make it otherwise.
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