First up....say goodbye to your car! If you want to use the Booth St. bridge in the future that is.
That's right, due to some of the new flood control projects on the Truckee river, the Booth St. bridge is being closed to auto traffic and will be a pedestrian and bicycle only bridge in the fairly near future! While some people may not like it, it will make riding the river path route substantially more car light through downtown Reno. This also means the so called bicycle blvd. (Riverside Dr.) may get a more serious bike flavored overhaul!
In other news, since most of the people who used the Booth St. bridge will now be riding (hopefully) to access downtown. We are going to need some more bike racks and a convienient way to locate where they are! This will be made easy with a new App being launched by RTC in the near future. Basically, if you see a bike rack, take a picture with your smart phone and you'll be able to upload it and it's location to the database. You can also mark and request a location for a new bike rack! Twenty (yep, 20) bike racks per year will be installed in the most sought after locations, so we can build up some really good bike parking options around Reno in places that cyclist frequent! I'll let you know the status as it rolls out.
Wow, that's cool news about Booth Street bridge!
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Should make the ride to the farmers market,Truckee River Bar and Grill, and Maggie's that much better!
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