Clark Street south of Montrose (Google)
From Ald. Martin's newsletter:
CDOT’s contractor aims to start work...to construct a protected bike lane on Clark Street from Irving Park to Montrose. This work, which will involve the removal of parking along the cemetery, will create a curb-protected bike lane on the east side of Clark and parking-protected bike lane on the west side of Clark. It will also include several floating bus boarding islands, which will speed up bus speeds.
In related news:
Work will begin late next week on improvements to the intersection of Broadway and Winona, where a constituent was hit and killed by a driver earlier this year. The improvements will include a new refuge island in Broadway on the north leg of the intersection, curb extensions on the west side of the street, and a raised crosswalk across Winona west of Broadway. The bike lane on the west side will be raised up to sidewalk level for a stretch as well. I am thankful to Ald. Manaa-Hoppenworth for her office’s collaboration on this safety project that straddles the boundary between our wards.
with as much modifications done to the streets to accommodate for bikes. they should start charging bicyclist for using the streets. Not looking to start a bashing but just saying.
ReplyDeleteI pay property tax (which goes directly to the city), as well as sales and income tax (which is used by the state to fund capital improvements within the city). I'm glad that my tax dollars are finally being used to make it safer for my family to bike around our neighborhood safely. And considering that our bikes do no damage to the roadways compared to cars and trucks, I don't think additional user fees for bikes makes any sense at all.
Deletethe "bicyclists don't pay their fair share" argument has been debunked so many times, it's amazing it's still a drivers against other modes of transport talking point. taxes pay for infrastructure improvements, and everyone pays taxes, including cyclists.
ReplyDeleteprotected bike lane in this stretch is long overdue. that stretch of street parking along the cemetery is particularly useless since dead people (presumably) don't need parking. do the south side of montrose next.
Good luck further south - bike lanes have caused traffic jams and chaos on Clark toward Devon.
ReplyDeletecars cause traffic, not bikes. hope this helps.
DeleteThese bike lanes are not removing any travel lanes at all. How exactly would they cause traffic when there is still the same number of car lanes as before?
DeleteIf any form of transportation does not pay its fair share, its the private automobile. No other form of transportation has been so extensively subsidized by our federal, state, and local governments, nor has inflicted so many "externalities" i.e. costs on our society as a whole. Mass car ownership has destroyed our cities, impoverished our population, and made life impossible in most places for those who can't drive or won't submit to lifelong slavery to car loans. It has generated massive air pollution, gobbled up space needed for housing, and made our cities ugly and hostile. Time to make life possible for those who prefer forms of transportation with lower impact.
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