Well, ODOT said no to adding a bike lane to their plans for a new Inner Belt Bridge. Now what should bike advocates do? GreenCityBlueLake says advocates should be proud. Even though they didn’t get the bridge, they did get ODOT agreeing to invest upwards of $4 to $5 million in improvements for an alternative route between the Innerbelt Bridge, the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, and Downtown.
Read more about lessons learned and future strategies here.
[Picture from Dec ’09 rally.]
2 Responses to “ODOT scraps Innerbelt Bridge bike lane idea”
Frazier
MIRACLE THE BRIDGE ITSELF gets REbuilt OR suprise suprise NEW one…ACTUALLY WHO USES THE ACTUAL EXISTING SIDEWALK NOW…SERIOUSLY….I HEAR wha tryin to do…I like biking TO A POINT MYSELF BUT…SPEND WHA *$*@ M O N E Y dont have for WHA exactly for RELATIVELY few for HOW few times…STAT wise..HOW many gonna bike THOSE ‘distances’…
WE AINT CHICAGO…LIMITS…hate soundin like some *$*@ BUT…POLITICALLY…GERBILFISHBOWL FEST…I HAVE MY OWN ‘thoughts’ ON THAT n WHO is behind n TO A POINT YEA THEY SORTA ‘won’ BUT I DONT think THEY WILL have the ‘victory’ via a http://www.issue6.com NEW CUYAHOGA NOW like way THEY thought would have BUT I COULD be wrong….
IN A SENSE YEAH can pic some poo slob USIN THAT as way to get around SHORT of a bus,etc.etc.
MIRACLE GET THE CHUCKHOLES FILLED…BEEN THRU SOME of the HOODS LATELY….PUT ANOTHER way…HOW MUCH *$*@…Mt.Pleasant n REST STRUGGLIN…I DONT want to get into this n that *$*@ BUT…drive down GRAND off E.55th…see wha mean….
Frazier
Iz NOT them BUT INDICATOR OF WHA to come…Yeahhhhhhhhhh…WEBSITE I REFERENCED dear CoolCLe…ANYHOOTS…THE $5 MIL..prob.wha HAD in MIND to BEGIN w/….BE HAPPY GOT THAT…THIS OUTTA be INTERESTING..land of Yups w/SERIOUS $ mountain bikes meets poo 52 yr old schmooo tryin to get around draggin a whutever behind him….WAY BRIDGE CLOGS DURING RUSHHOUR BICYCLIST HALF THE TIME PASSES EVERYONE ELSE UP….
CONSIDERING ALLLL THE **@*X goin on MIRACLE GOT THIS…SURE GUYZ N GALS LOOKIN OVER shoulders wundering wha auditors gonna arrive….
WHA ride bicycle to save $ so can buy,BUILD one of those mini McYuppitePopcornMansions overlookin the valley or what…