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You pretty much have to take Union Avenue to get to Union Station. If Union Avenue is not bicycle-accessible, then Union Station is not truly bicycle-accessible.
You pretty much have to take Union Avenue to get to Union Station. If Union Avenue is not bicycle-accessible, then Union Station is not truly bicycle-accessible.
10 Comments
Brian Tang (Registered User)
Godkänd Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
First:
Was authorization requested? Initially, the city had indicated that sharrows might be possible through a pilot implementation.
Posting all of the information about precisely what was requested, dates of all requests, and who denied requests for authorization and why, would help the community resolve the issue going forward.
It sounds like the community needs to push the state to adopt Federal road standards, which were recently changed to encourage use of sharrows. Has the city made requests for the state to adopt these standards more quickly?
Second:
Were measures other than sharrows evaluated? If so, details are needed again for the community to be able to respond effectively and advocate for changes. Sharrows are a good first step (recommended by the SCRCOG-funded Downtown gap analysis consultants in 2009), but ultimately, they are insufficient to allow users of all ages and abilities to get to Union Station by bicycle.
Melissa (Guest)
Brian Tang (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
jim (Registered User)
cordalie (Registered User)