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.







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.
Posted by: Ed | September 21, 2010 7:59 PM
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.
Posted by: Mark | September 22, 2010 12:14 PM
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?
Posted by: M | September 23, 2010 1:10 AM
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.
Posted by: Jon E | September 24, 2010 10:18 AM