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September 21, 2010

Bike lane work coming to President Street

City work crews will be applying bike lane markings to the roadway on President Street in Harbor East for the next three weeks, requiring parking restrictions and possibly delaying motoriists.

The work will begin Wednesday and will affect both northbound and  southbound President from the Aliceanna Street traffiic circle to Fleet Street. The marking crews will be working weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. when the weather permits.

The city Department of Transportation is urging motorists to use alternate routes.

 

Posted by Michael Dresser at 5:31 PM | | Comments (4)
Categories: On the roads
        

Comments

Why must they complete construction and close lanes during peak hours?
COMMENT: Those aren't peak hours. Those are midday hours, though it would be better if they were off the road by 3 p.m.

Why not do the work between 10:00 pm and 5:00 am? And why is it taking three weeks? How many miles are involved? Is the City doing this with their own crews or is an outside contractor doing the work? Something here just doesn't add up.

Forgive me if I'm not understanding this correctly, but how far will the bike lane extend? I see Aliceanna to Fleet, but that can't be the farthest extent of the lane for three weeks worth of work, especially since it's only a block and need for one there is virtually nil, while the rest of President Street is aching for some kind of cycling amenity. A connection to the Fallsway and the suggested bike corridor up Guilford Ave is imperative.

Also, is this a dedicated lane or more sharrows?

M, I you took the words right out of my mouth. President Street south of Fleet is already extremely bikeable, and I could see including sharrow markings due to how wide the lanes are in that location. But taking up actual car lane space and dealing with (or ignoring, like on Fallsway) the complications involved in running a bike lane alongside parallel parking doesn't really seem necessary in this location.

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About Michael Dresser
Michael Dresser has been an editor, reporter and columnist with The Sun longer than Baltimore's had a subway. He's covered retailing, telecommunications, state politics and wine. Since 2004, he's been The Sun's transportation writer. He lives in Ellicott City with his wife and travel companion, Cindy.

His Getting There column appears on Mondays. Mike's blog will be a forum for all who are interested in highways, transit and other transportation issues affecting Baltimore, Maryland and the region.
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