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Uptown Connects Bicycle Lane Demonstration and Charlotte Placemaking Hub
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Committee Chair:
Vi Lyles, Transportation and Planning
Staff Resource(s):
Liz Babson, Transportation
Ben Miller, Transportation
Monica Holmes, Planning
Time: 30 minutes
Explanation
§ The Uptown Connects Study recommends solutions for bicycling through Uptown to connect to existing and future greenways.
§ The Charlotte Department of Transportation is implementing a temporary separated bicycle lane that connects Little Sugar Creek Greenway to Irwin Creek Greenway via 5th and 6th Streets and in Uptown.
§ The project will close one lane of traffic along its route from October 22-29, 2017.
§ The City will collect data to study the transportation impacts and benefits of the lane closure and the separated bike lane.
§ The data collected during the pilot will be used to inform future separated bike lane designs throughout Charlotte.
§ The City of Charlotte, Sustain Charlotte, and Charlotte Center City Partners are teaming together to sponsor this project.
§ This one-week pilot project is part of a broader effort related to the City’s new Placemaking Hub, and will help inform the City’s approach to transportation and placemaking projects city-wide.
Future Action
This presentation is for informational purposes only.
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