It's about time motorists get charged for killing cyclists. Hopefully they'll be charged for killing pedestrians too...

 

Driver charged in Medina Township hit-and-run that killed bicyclist https://t.co/Rg6MxeKI4n https://t.co/V8fOj5Q4dg

Lawbreaking driver kills two law-abiding cyclists and suffers zero consequences for taking their lives: https://t.co/AsC4UiSal0

Cool new safety video....

Heading to Church? Dean Lind of @trinitycleve is. Respect ppl on bikes. You never know who it might be. #AllDrivers https://t.co/dySzunj0e2

Bike Share is on the docket for the Planning Commission meeting tomorrow:

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2016/05062016/index.php

 

 

Based on data from @strava, here's the most popular bike routes in Greater Cleveland for the National Bike Challenge pic.twitter.com/cXsAhYnKNX

 

University Hospitals will be the title sponsor of Cleveland's bikeshare. They will be called UHBikes.

 

 

^Like, "I will be riding Uh bike!" ?

Cleveland's bike sharing program to cruise into town this summer

 

By Ginger Christ, The Plain Dealer

on May 19, 2016 at 10:25 AM, updated May 19, 2016 at 10:27 AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A new bike sharing program is coming to downtown Cleveland and University Circle in mid-July, just in time for the onslaught of visitors converging on the city for the Republican National Convention.

 

The program will be the first installment in what will become a comprehensive countywide bike sharing system that will give two-wheeled transit to the masses.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/05/clevelands_bike_sharing_progra.html

City to kick off planning on Wednesday for potential "Midway" protected bike path

 

The city's planning department on Wednesday will kick off three meetings to start examining whether it's possible to redesign at least one existing city street with a two-way bike path running down the center, separated from traffic.

 

The concept, which goes by the name "Midway," would essentially function like the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's Euclid Avenue bus rapid transit HealthLine, but for bikes instead of buses.

I would do handstands if a "midway" cycle track could be added to Lorain, and then the Red Line / greenway / Highline could then take you all the way downtown. Here's how I see it. The Metroparks Rocky River Reservation is our existing biggest recreation bike way, and it pops up to Lorain at Story. Put a center-lane cycle track down Lorain from there to say W-65, where it can tie into the Red Line / greenway / High-line, which uses a dis-used spare RTA right-of-way to get you to W25, and to downtown. Or, perhaps more meaningful, have the Lorain Midway continue all the way from Rocky River to Lorain-Carnegie bridge, and get a blessing from the guardians of transport.

 

Then for getting between downtown and University Circle, I think the Chester Ave route would be best. It should be connected all the way to MLK Jr too.

 

I don't hear people frustrated with bikes in general, just frustrations with how share-the-road works. I think a midway on select corridors is good for safety, and encouraging more people to bike. For the next championship parade, we need a bit of "all of the above" to handle the swarm of people getting downtown.

 

Lastly, for general bike-commuting, signal timing is something important to be looked into. I'd have to check my strava data, but a good deal of time and energy is spent stoping for signals, and then starting back up again. Why did I work so hard to hit and hold ~20mph, when I'm going to sit here for 60 seconds... But a Copenhagen "green wave", in which lights are synched so that people that follow a specific speed, say 15mph could travel the entire length without getting stopped at a light. Math can determine if 25mph stop and go is faster than 15mph continuous, but continuous is much easier.

I would do handstands if a "midway" cycle track could be added to Lorain, and then the Red Line / greenway / Highline could then take you all the way downtown. Here's how I see it. The Metroparks Rocky River Reservation is our existing biggest recreation bike way, and it pops up to Lorain at Story. Put a center-lane cycle track down Lorain from there to say W-65, where it can tie into the Red Line / greenway / High-line, which uses a dis-used spare RTA right-of-way to get you to W25, and to downtown. Or, perhaps more meaningful, have the Lorain Midway continue all the way from Rocky River to Lorain-Carnegie bridge, and get a blessing from the guardians of transport.

 

Then for getting between downtown and University Circle, I think the Chester Ave route would be best. It should be connected all the way to MLK Jr too.

 

I don't hear people frustrated with bikes in general, just frustrations with how share-the-road works. I think a midway on select corridors is good for safety, and encouraging more people to bike. For the next championship parade, we need a bit of "all of the above" to handle the swarm of people getting downtown.

 

Lastly, for general bike-commuting, signal timing is something important to be looked into. I'd have to check my strava data, but a good deal of time and energy is spent stoping for signals, and then starting back up again. Why did I work so hard to hit and hold ~20mph, when I'm going to sit here for 60 seconds... But a Copenhagen "green wave", in which lights are synched so that people that follow a specific speed, say 15mph could travel the entire length without getting stopped at a light. Math can determine if 25mph stop and go is faster than 15mph continuous, but continuous is much easier.

 

If you ride fast on the New York City avenues you can keep up with the "wave".  This was a famous activity by the bicycle messengers, who were very strong and rode very fast bikes, but ordinary people can't do it. 

 

 

Installation of the docking stations for UH Bikes started today:

 

You can leave feedback for the Midway, proposed center-lane cycling network. https://midway.metroquest.com/

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/tlci/tlciCurrent.php#midway

 

Yesterday I rode on Madison to W117 rapid station, and noticed that pretty much all of Madison in Lakewood has markings for bike lanes!!! Markings meaning spray paint dashes about 3 feet apart in between parking and a travel lane. I assume this means the actual bike lane markings will be coming soon. The bike lane appeared to end at Quail ~W123ish / Griffen Cider works, and then you share the road getting to W117. I hate hate hate Madison going any further east. The W112 rail underpass is potentially deadly, the road is rubble and scary going under that. I've eaten asphalt there on bike, unless Cleveland can fix that, sane people should get off Madison at W117th and take Detroit, or jump onto the rapid. Riding the bike lane felt great, I rode much faster than normal, and did have a small area where I actually passed a bunch of cars. Also, I felt like I properly belonged on the road, and not confused by the should I take the lane, should I hug the edge, how do I tell the car behind me I don't want them to pass me.

 

I would appreciate it if people would actually park their cars fully into the parking lane, and not stick out by a few feet. And double-parked freight trucks are the worst. Surely you could have just pulled into the parking lot? Maybe vigilante's and police can have a spool of stickers that say "I parked in a bike lane".

 

Also, while I was stopped at a red light, a pedestrian talked to me, and say wow, this bike lane looks really nice, I agreed, and then he walked to his beemer. So, my guess is that bike lanes have cultural acceptance. Also, these currently psuedo markings didn't change everyones behavior. I still saw other bikes doing the parking spot weave (weaving in between the lane and the parking lane based on absence of parked car). Also there were still some sidewalk cyclists, mostly kids.

The signage with the UH Bikes logo has been affixed to the docking stations. The first bikes are due to arrive tomorrow, along with the launch of the website (website is live http://uhbikes.com/). The initial bikes will only be temporary and will be green in color. The permanent red UH Bikes won't come until August September.

 

Thanks! I was in Chicago last weekend and was surprised at how far out their bike share program spreads - and how often it's used. It was amazing to see so many cyclists.

 

These do require a credit card that is tied to a physical person, right?

Thanks! I was in Chicago last weekend and was surprised at how far out their bike share program spreads - and how often it's used. It was amazing to see so many cyclists.

 

These do require a credit card that is tied to a physical person, right?

 

Yes, it does. However, they were working on a system with the library so that you could use your library card as a way to access the system if you do not have a credit card. I don't know the specific details on how that all ended up.

A look at Cleveland's ongoing efforts to make streets safer for cyclists (photos)

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/08/a_look_at_clevelands_ongoing_e.html

"City Councilman Zach Reed also worries that Cleveland's work to encourage more bicycle riders has neglected low-income neighborhoods."

 

"Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed — who represents Mount Pleasant, Union-Miles and Mill Creek Falls neighborhoods — expressed concerns that certain neighborhoods on the city's East Side, populated largely by minorities haven't benefited from the city's focus on bike infrastructure.

 

"You don't see many bike lanes in Collinwood and Glenville," he said. "I think (Cleveland city officials) still have the mindset that black folks don't ride bikes, they only steal them." "

 

Of course. Unless it personally benefits Zach Reed, then he's not interested. But let's go ahead and do an honorary designation of Shaker Boulevard after a murderer because he's such a great role model to black teenagers everywhere.

 

There are not as many bike lanes on that side of town because those types of roadways where bike lanes would be ideal have not come up for repaving. There are plenty of side streets that have been repaved, but it would be silly to stripe all of them for bike lanes or install sharrows.

 

The only racist here is Zach Reed who continues to enable constituents in his ward with such garbage to fuel tensions between neighborhoods and the city.

"City Councilman Zach Reed also worries that Cleveland's work to encourage more bicycle riders has neglected low-income neighborhoods."

 

"Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed — who represents Mount Pleasant, Union-Miles and Mill Creek Falls neighborhoods — expressed concerns that certain neighborhoods on the city's East Side, populated largely by minorities haven't benefited from the city's focus on bike infrastructure.

 

"You don't see many bike lanes in Collinwood and Glenville," he said. "I think (Cleveland city officials) still have the mindset that black folks don't ride bikes, they only steal them." "

 

Of course. Unless it personally benefits Zach Reed, then he's not interested. But let's go ahead and do an honorary designation of Shaker Boulevard after a murderer because he's such a great role model to black teenagers everywhere.

 

There are not as many bike lanes on that side of town because those types of roadways where bike lanes would be ideal have not come up for repaving. There are plenty of side streets that have been repaved, but it would be silly to stripe all of them for bike lanes or install sharrows.

 

The only racist here is Zach Reed who continues to enable constituents in his ward with such garbage to fuel tensions between neighborhoods and the city.

 

Maybe nobody rides a bike in that neighborhood because they're worried they'll be killed by a certain intoxicated driver?

What actions have city council persons undertaken in getting bike lanes to their neighborhoods? If the answer is "many" then this is on Zach Reed. Too many Cleveland neighborhood "leaders" complain about what they aren't getting from City Hall when they should be complaining what they aren't doing themselves to make their neighborhoods a better "investment" from City Hall. No one "deserves" anything.

 

The first rule in investing is that you don't invest in need. You invest in success.

"Accidental" bike lane? More like the Hilton valet was blocking the bike lane practically every night and had it removed. Now the lane doesn't simply end, it just merges into a white stripe that's not conforming to federal and state standards for bike lanes.

 

It's not a terrible loss, considering the lane just ended at the intersection. What were cyclists supposed to do then? Turn left from the right most lane of the roadway? The city needs to take some clues from Columbus on how to design proper bike infrastructure.

 

Cleveland paints over accidental bike lane on Ontario

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Bicycle advocates in Cleveland long have hoped for dedicated bike lanes in the city.

 

And then, this year, with the repaving of Ontario Street, their wish was granted – to an extent. A dedicated bike lane was created in front of the new Hilton on Ontario Street.

 

But on Wednesday, cyclists noticed that part of their bike lane had disappeared, replaced by two "sharrows" – lanes shared by bikes and cars.

^ I think the city is telling the truth on this. It's consistent for them to merge bike lanes into traffic when arriving at a multi-turning lane intersection. But yeah, the city sucks at building bike infrastructure

http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2016/12/citys_planning_department_zero.html

 

Cleveland planners narrow search to three streets for pilot version of bicycle Midway

 

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

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on December 08, 2016 at 10:00 AM, updated December 08, 2016 at 1:02 PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The city may choose Superior, Community College or Lakeside avenues - for a pilot version of a Midway Cycle Track, a new type of two-way bike path running down the center lanes, separate from traffic.

 

After a painstaking selection process that included surveying more than 500 Clevelanders, consultants have focused on segments of the three avenues as places to build a pilot version of a Midway.

 

The sections are:

 

-      A three-block, 1,400-foot section of Superior Avenue from West Ninth Street to West Roadway on Public Square.

 

-      A two-block, 2,050-foot section of Community College Avenue from East 22nd to East 30th Street.

 

-      A three-block, 2,250-foot section of Lakeside Avenue from West Third to East Ninth Street.

 

No schedule has been set for funding or implementation.

 

 

 

I wonder if Parsons Brinckerhoff is taking any of these bicycle midway concepts into consideration on their traffic study for GCRTA regarding the impact closing Superior Ave thru Public Square will have.  Since one concept considered by them is Superior Ave from Public Square to West Ninth to the  West Roadway it sure feels this would effect the study

Does anyone know of any real-world examples of this type of "Midway" bike lane being used? 

The Superior Avenue route would get a lot of bike traffic and it needs resurfaced badly.  I'd love to see how they transition bike traffic from the midway to the side for the Detroit Superior bridge.

Yes please to the Superior Ave route! The ripple effects of improving the streetscape of this portion of road would be well worth the investment.

 

It is a highly used bike route from the West Side

The road needs to be resurfaced badly anyway

It would drastically improve the pedestrian and cyclist experience at two of the most car dominated intersections downtown (9th and Superior, 6th and superior). These intersections are awful and kill any connectivity between Gateway and Warehouse

 

While we're at it, let's continue it down Superior on the other side of the square all the way out to CSU

Does anyone know of any real-world examples of this type of "Midway" bike lane being used?

 

Look to NYC its always a pretty safe bet. Seems like this went in around 2012

https://goo.gl/maps/q1gHNA5UkaG2

 

 

 

 

Does anyone know of any real-world examples of this type of "Midway" bike lane being used? 

 

I know of Queens, NY:

http://www.streetfilms.org/queens-plaza-protected-cycletrack-is-open-for-business/

 

I am hoping they try this out on Superior. The intersection coming off the Detroit-Superior Bridge into downtown is really sketchy.

Surf, you got to time your decent down the bridge with the right turn arrow  :wink:

 

 

Surf, you got to time your decent down the bridge with the right turn arrow  :wink:

 

 

 

Haha. Um, I ride on the north sidewalk of the bridge.....[sheepishly goes back into hiding]

Surf, you got to time your decent down the bridge with the right turn arrow  :wink:

Haha. Um, I ride on the north sidewalk of the bridge.....[sheepishly goes back into hiding]

 

Nothing wrong with that. Hugging the curb while riding east on the south side of the bridge as huge dump trucks fly past you is not enjoyable and on a windy day it's downright scary. I just cant justify crossing over traffic twice to get to (and from) the promised land to the north!

 

Which gets me thinking about this:

 

I'd love to see how they transition bike traffic from the midway to the side for the Detroit Superior bridge.

 

Even if the south side of the bridge is returned to non-vehicular use just as the north is today. We still have to transition to and from the Midway track thus crossing traffic.

 

 

 

 

Surf, you got to time your decent down the bridge with the right turn arrow  :wink:

Haha. Um, I ride on the north sidewalk of the bridge.....[sheepishly goes back into hiding]

 

Nothing wrong with that. Hugging the curb while riding east on the south side of the bridge as huge dump trucks fly past you is not enjoyable and on a windy day it's downright scary. I just cant justify crossing over traffic twice to get to (and from) the promised land to the north!

 

Which gets me thinking about this:

 

I'd love to see how they transition bike traffic from the midway to the side for the Detroit Superior bridge.

 

Even if the south side of the bridge is returned to non-vehicular use just as the north is today. We still have to transition to and from the Midway track thus crossing traffic.

 

 

Long live the North! Way too many close calls with those cars and trucks lol. I'm not feeling as brave as I used to. 

 

With all the improvements to the bridges and the growing trail network on the west side to feed them, I'm  amazed how terrible the city has been providing safe bike routes within downtown. 

We're just confused, that's all...

 

https://t.co/hyYLA4MJ3Z

cleveland.com

Cleveland Metroparks completes funding for Red Line Greenway with $500k state grant (photos)

Posted on October 27, 2017 at 5:26 PM

6-8 minutes

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Metroparks announced Friday that it has completed funding for the $6 million Red Line Greenway proposed for the city's West Side after having received a $500,000 grant from the Clean Ohio Trails Fund on Thursday.

The grant means that Metroparks will start construction on the 2-mile, multi-purpose trail in 2019 and complete it by late 2020.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2017/10/cleveland_metroparks_completes.html#incart_river_home_pop

Cheap, efficient bike lane additions to Detroit-Superior Bridge show sea change in city policy (photos)

Updated on October 25, 2017 at 1:49 PM Posted on October 24, 2017 at 1:40 PM

 

 

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The city's addition of new bike amenities on the Detroit-Superior Bridge, which started Monday, marks the latest step in a long-running city planning saga that once pitted cyclists and pedestrians against trucking interests.

 

It was 16 years ago that the nonprofits Cleveland Public Art (now LAND Studio) and EcoCity Cleveland proposed turning the two outer lanes of the five-lane Detroit-Superior Bridge into dedicated bike and pedestrian routes to create a stronger link between Ohio City and downtown for recreation and commuting.

 

Pushback from trucking interests along the Cuyahoga River in the Flats diluted that project, which resulted in the creation of a single, raised path for bikes and pedestrians on the north side of the bridge, separated from traffic lanes by curb.

 

The happy resolution

 

On Monday, however, the city began work on modifications that will finally bring up-to-date bike lanes to both sides of the bridge, improving safety for cyclists, pedestrians and motorists.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2017/10/cheap_efficient_bike_lane_addi.html

First Look: Newly installed Towpath Mounds bring landscape art to trail (photos, video)

Updated on October 22, 2017 at 7:57 AMPosted on October 21, 2017 at 7:05 AM

 

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The northernmost pieces of the 101-mile Towpath Trail, now under construction in Cleveland, have always had the potential to spur redevelopment and awaken Clevelanders to the stunning mix of nature, development and industry along the Cuyahoga River.

 

The recent addition of towering sculptural mounds of earth to Stage 3 of the trail, which started construction last spring and is scheduled for completion next November, shows that the project has even greater potential.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2017/10/first_look_newly_installed_tow.html

Cuyahoga County Planning Commission and Metroparks are doing a survey that will be used in creating a county wide Greenways plan.  You can participate here:

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8LqCZWNhrqcguacqxNdau1NTNJJFBOH7rk4AlqJpcgfuyjg/viewform

NOACA boosts protected bike lane projects in Cleveland with spending package (photos)

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Projects to create protected bike lanes in Cleveland received a major boost Friday from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency.

 

The board of the transportation planning agency announced at a meeting that it would allocate $47 million in federal transportation dollars to 21 projects including two that would create the first major protected bike lanes in the city.

 

NOACA allocated $8.3 million for construction planned 2020 by the city of the first leg of the Midway, which would extend 2.5 miles along the middle of Superior Avenue from Public Square to East 55th Street.

 

Envisioned by bike advocates, and developed with the help of the City of Cleveland and NOACA, the Midway would eventually constitute a system of "bicycle highways" running down the center lanes of more than 50 miles of wide, underused streets that once carried streetcars.

 

NOACA also allocated $6.1 million for the city's planned construction in 2022 of the proposed Lorain Avenue Cycle Track, which would run along the north side of the avenue between West 20th and West 45th Streets, and the south side from West 45th to West 65th.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2017/12/noaca_boosts_protected_bike_la.html#incart_m-rpt-1

@TomHorsman

So, it’s mid-June now, are they ever going to finish this bike lane project they started last year? If not, then it’s the most half-assed job of a potentially really cool project that I’ve ever seen. – at Veterans Memorial Bridge

 

@AshleyShaw

City says as soon as NEORSD work on Superior is done and I heard a few weeks ago they were supposed to finish in June.

 

@TomHorsman

Got it. Thanks, Ashley. I'm curious to see what they do to the eastbound portion of the east side of the bridge. It's so bad.

 

@AshleyShaw

Plastic delineators all the way down, more green paint (TY @SherwinWilliams), a separate bike signal and two stage turning box at the intersection, & bike lanes to W. 6th. They’re also going to fix the green paint that they put down last fall when it was too cold.

 

Dedicated bike signal is up at Superior and Huron this morning. The far right east bound lane is bike only.

Dedicated bike signal is up at Superior and Huron this morning. The far right east bound lane is bike only.

 

Pics taken last night:

Just heard the pavement was replaced over the weekend and new updates on site http://www.bikecleveland.org/bike-cle/news/big-changes-on-the-bridge/2018/06/

Cleveland's Active Transit Awakening https://t.co/s7BTJ7QCAB

@MartyCader

Now we can talk about a world class bikeway! Sweet new signage on the #ClevelandLakefrontBikeway! A big shoutout to TheCLE[/member] @clevemetroparks @CEO_CleMetParks @clevelanddg

 

 

 

 

These are great!  The Metroparks continue to do so many small things right!!

Just learned of a public meeting taking place Thurs (Oct 4th) from 3-5pm at the Denison United Church of Christ Community Room (9900 Denison Ave) about the Lorain Avenue reconstruction (from W. 65th to W. 117th). Be there to support a safe Lorain Ave. for people biking & walking. https://t.co/7DrQDB0pob

 

Oh boy, as awesome as this pop-up is, the locals are majorly hating on it. 

How many of them are younger than you and I?