protected bike lanes

toi · December 29, 2011, 04:42:23 PM

The video linked below shows the beginning of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's efforts to add 100 miles of protected bike lanes in Chicago. There are similar opportunities here, of course.

http://www.streetfilms.org/kinzie-street-the-first-of-many-protected-bike-lanes-for-chicago/#more-51645

dougskiles · December 29, 2011, 05:51:20 PM

Absolutely we can. And we have the perfect funding mechanism for it in the Mobility Fee - which of course has a moratorium on it... so, we won't be getting any protected bike lanes for at least a little while longer.

Ocklawaha · December 29, 2011, 09:39:29 PM

BOGOTA COLOMBIA

Cool Doug, as you know, I fully support Jacksonville catching up with the 3rd world! Bogota, Medellin, Calli, etc... the Bikeways are amazing. I always wanted to 'import' them.

OCKLAWAHA

Ralph W · December 30, 2011, 10:19:11 AM

Why is the pedestrians right foot missing? What else is photo-shopped into this pic?

Ocklawaha · December 30, 2011, 10:43:37 AM

Quote from: Ralph W on December 30, 2011, 10:19:11 AM
Why is the pedestrians right foot missing? What else is photo-shopped into this pic?

Telephoto lens meets undulating terrain would seem a logical explanation.

OCKLAWAHA

Dashing Dan · December 30, 2011, 10:48:28 AM

A complete streets policy would also help us get more bike lanes.

Plus, we wouldn't have to wait for a moratorium to expire, and we wouldn't have to wait on new development for funding.

thelakelander · December 30, 2011, 01:30:03 PM

To be honest, by the time a complete streets policy would pass through council and be adopted by public works, the moratorium would have long expired (assuming its not extended next year).

Dashing Dan · December 30, 2011, 01:44:58 PM

I disagree

thelakelander · December 30, 2011, 01:59:50 PM

What's your anticipated timeline for the approval of a complete streets policy and entities like public works and FDOT to revamp their design standards to comply with it?

Dashing Dan · December 30, 2011, 02:13:53 PM

The policy comes first. Nashville already has one, and it seems to be working very well for them.

thelakelander · December 30, 2011, 02:19:44 PM

What's your anticipated timeline for approval of a complete streets policy at the local level?

Dashing Dan · December 30, 2011, 02:22:08 PM

I dunno.

tufsu1 · December 30, 2011, 02:25:21 PM

I'm with lake here....getting the mobility fee moratorium lifted seems more likely to happen in the next 9 months than getting new policies adopted.

also, complete streets policies aren't a panacea...many cities/states don't know what a real complete street is...take a look at this streetfilms vid

http://www.streetfilms.org/complete-streets-its-about-more-than-just-bike-lanes/

In fact, one of the larger engineering firms here in Jax. advertises their complete streets program with a picture of a 6-lane arterial w/ bike lanes and sidewalks next to the curb....wow, so innovative!

Dashing Dan · December 30, 2011, 02:34:12 PM

Any policy can be ignored or misinterpreted but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have policies.

All I'm saying is that we might be able to get a complete streets policy adopted, that it would be better to have one than not to have one, and that it would take less time to get a complete streets policy than it would take to pile up funds from a mobility fee.

thelakelander · December 30, 2011, 02:41:41 PM

If the remaining concurrency funds are shifted to the mobility plan, then the plan would have around $10 million or so already. Anyway, I don't view these things as an either/or proposition. They are only two items in a laundry list of things that need to be either done or taken advantage of to create a multimodal friendly community. Plus they actual assist one another. Even if a complete streets policy was passed, you still can't implement anything without cash, which is what the fee is intended to help generate.