Last week I wrote how the City leaders backed away from the term “bike lanes” when referring to the re-striping of Business 34.  Conversations with several City Council members since the publishing of that article have not clarified the position of the City, but rather indicated that there are design complications, perceptions of safety issues and political considerations all preventing clear support and direction in implementing bike lanes on Business 34.

I have yet to meet anyone who is opposed to adding bike lanes around town so I am going to leave the political issues of implementing bike lanes for someone else to address.  I would like to address the issues relating to safety perceptions and design complications. Read the full story