I'm reporting this from the Reno Bike Project page.....it's important to get people here if you want to see the changes happen, so tell your friends and neighbors!
Calling all bicyclists to attend the Kietzke
Lane Safety Management Plan Open House on February 21, 4-7pm at the
Wooster High Gym. NDOT will be presenting their best options for
improving Kietzke Lane and creating a safe, community street that
connects neighborhoods in South Reno and improves travel between
shopping, schools and work. This is a critical meeting to ensure that
bicyclists and pedestrians demonstrate that all of the proposed
improvements be kept in the plan.
These safety improvements include: Green bike boxes and bicycle signal
heads at key intersections, buffered bikes lanes or cycle tracks, and
possibly roundabouts at Plumb and 2nd Street intersections. Lastly NDOT
is proposing to remove on-street parking and purchase right-of-way to
allow space for the Complete Street components of wider sidewalks and
bike lanes. This is one of the first times that this has occurred in
Reno/Sparks, and it will set a precedent for safety planning and
accommodating bicyclists in the community into the future. This project
is also important because NDOT will consider relinquishing (trading)
Kietzke to the City of Reno down the road, so we need to install these
improvements now.
Please attend the Open House and submit comments supporting the improved
safety proposals for Kietzke Lane. NDOT is depending on the cycling
community to show support for these improvements and to show the
governing agencies that we are committed to increasing the safety of
bicyclists and pedestrians who will travel this corridor. The estimated
cost for everything is $30 million, so they will have 3 levels of
priority. We need to keep bicycling facilities at a Priority 1 or 2 to
get them built within five years.
See you at the meeting!
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