DC selected for Bikes Belong's Green Lane Project

42 cities applied for Bikes Belong's Green Lane Project and only 6 were selected, of which DC is one. 

The Green Lane Project will provide resources and technical assistance to help the six focus cities accomplish their goals of creating protected space for people on bikes. Over the next two months, the Green Lane Project will work with elected officials, staff, and community groups in each city to finalize details, solidify the vision, and identify the unique story each city can tell.

A second powerful aspect of the partnership is in working with US DOT and other agencies. The partnership will function as a multi-city pilot effort to test and implement new designs and approaches, with a focus on identifying barriers and building support at federal and state agency levels. The Project will work with the focus cities to explore whether additional funding for implementation can be identified.

Additionally

Additionally,

the Project team has identified three major areas as priorities for research efforts. These include: 

• Operations and safety of cycle tracks and related facilities
• How remaking streets affects adjacent businesses and the broader economy of cities
• The ability of these improvements to encourage more people and a broader cross-section of the population to ride bikes

 

Comments

[Dan_ator]

So we won, and we just get some more studies? I was hoping they would paint the bike lanes green (or purple. Purple would be sweeet.)

[Michael H.]

Yeah, I'm kind of puzzled and underwhelmed by this too. DC is already moving ahead (slowly) with cycletracks and bike lanes.

From what I read on that website, it looks like the organization will offer a forum for cities to talk to each other (they can already do that) and offer to serve as an intermediary between the cities and USDOT. Why is an outside organization necessary to do this?

I guess the group will offer some grants for streetscape improvements but... not really that exciting.

[JeffB]

More about the Green Lane Project.

I'm guessing they will work with the city on implementation of the L St cycle track and help publicize it to other cities.

[Greenbelt]

One of the nice things about winning a project like this is that the consulting/money/expertise lended to the process would be wasted if we don't use it! Count me as among the hopeful -- this could provide the nudge that DC needs to make cycletracks better and more widespread. It would be embarrassing if we applied for assistance, were selected in a competition, and didn't do anything with it.

[UGG Sko]

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