After reading Jon's posting for his ride yesterday, my mind as usual started wandering. This area has no designated bike lanes on the city streets.
Last Saturday as previously posted, I made a trip to Bloomington, IN. That city has made it bicycle friendly for everyone, including the students at IU who live way off campus, but still wish to commute to school activities via a bicycle. The attached link is a detailed map of designated bicycle lanes in the Bloomington area that details not only what is already available but what is scheduled in the future as well.
So how do we start this process of trying to win over the city officials to install for all of us designated bike lanes? Yes we will have the infamous Greenway project, but that is just a small portion of the area. With more and more housing being added around the IUS campus on Grant Line, does it not make since to give students the choice of riding bikes rather than paying for parking and the high cost of gasoline for their automobiles?
*picture taken by me in Avila Spain*
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Ed, Going around the mulberry bush to get there for sure, but if we can connect the dots with the Greenway, we will have set the precendent for future bike routes.
Just a thought.
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