January 30, 20232 yr Long-delayed multi-use path along Route 161 on Columbus' Northwest Side being reconsidered “A decade after it was first discussed, the bicycle and pedestrian shared-use path along state Route 161 between Linworth and Sawmill Road on Columbus' Northwest Side is back in play. The project now would actually be two sections. The first would run along the south side of Route 161 between Sawmill and Thompson Street in the Linworth area, a 2.1-mile stretch that will connect with planned improvements to the Rt. 161-Linworth Road intersection. Meanwhile, a sidewalk is planned for between Sawmill and Federated Boulevard on the north side of the road. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) has been reviewing the city of Columbus' request for federal funding to help pay for the project. The city originally requested $4.5 million for construction and right-of-way acquisition, said Thomas Graham, senior planner for MORPC. But Graham said that the regional planning agency is recommending $2.26 million for Columbus after the city reduced its request so it could get some funding, with Columbus making up the rest. The public will be able to comment on that and other projects through Feb. 8. Even if MORPC gives final approval later this year for the Route 161 path and money awarded, construction wouldn't begin until 2028, Graham said.“ https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/state/2023/01/29/path-for-bicyclists-others-along-rt-161-on-northwest-side-in-play-again/69825743007/
February 1, 20232 yr One of the options being explored for the Livingston Ave improvements (18th to Nelson) include separated, raised bike lanes. https://www.columbus.gov/LivingstonAvenuePedestrianSafetyStudy/ Click on the "Public Meeting Materials" link to see more.
February 1, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, Pablo said: One of the options being explored for the Livingston Ave improvements (18th to Nelson) include separated, raised bike lanes. https://www.columbus.gov/LivingstonAvenuePedestrianSafetyStudy/ Click on the "Public Meeting Materials" link to see more. I attended one of the public meetings a couple months ago when this was presented, and I’m really excited about the improvements the city’s planned. Also, today it was announced the project will receive $12 million in federal grant money: City of Columbus Awarded a $12 Million Safe Streets for All Grant to Help End Serious Crashes on E. Livingston Avenue “The City of Columbus has been awarded a $12 million federal Safe Streets for All Implementation Grant to fund transportation safety improvements along E. Livingston Avenue in the Driving Park neighborhood. The grant, combined with a $12 million city investment, funds planning, design and construction of infrastructure changes that will make it safer to walk, bike and drive along Livingston — a corridor on the Vision Zero Columbus High Injury Network due to the high incidence of traffic violence. The improvements will be made from 18th Street to Nelson Road. The Vision Zero safety project is focused on reducing pedestrian and fatal and serious injury crashes on Livingston. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the grant award today. The Livingston project is one of 510 projects across the U.S. to receive a historic $800 million in grant awards through the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program, which funds regional, local and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. “I am grateful to the Biden administration, Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, Senator Brown and Congresswoman Beatty, and so many of our residents for their support of the Livingston Avenue project,” said Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “This investment will significantly improve the safety and accessibility of the corridor, businesses and other community assets. It will help Driving Park and the surrounding neighborhoods reconnect with their rich histories and celebrate residents who made significant impacts on American history. Residents deserve the right to safe mobility.”’ https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHCCC/bulletins/34647d9?reqfrom=share&fbclid=IwAR1Hh8Q9YEUZvxUGpdQbx1kcAJGsaBrY_DWrPk_aDW37Jp8ixzjGxYFlTMw
February 2, 20232 yr 17 hours ago, amped91 said: I attended one of the public meetings a couple months ago when this was presented, and I’m really excited about the improvements the city’s planned. Also, today it was announced the project will receive $12 million in federal grant money: City of Columbus Awarded a $12 Million Safe Streets for All Grant to Help End Serious Crashes on E. Livingston Avenue “The City of Columbus has been awarded a $12 million federal Safe Streets for All Implementation Grant to fund transportation safety improvements along E. Livingston Avenue in the Driving Park neighborhood. The grant, combined with a $12 million city investment, funds planning, design and construction of infrastructure changes that will make it safer to walk, bike and drive along Livingston — a corridor on the Vision Zero Columbus High Injury Network due to the high incidence of traffic violence. The improvements will be made from 18th Street to Nelson Road. The Vision Zero safety project is focused on reducing pedestrian and fatal and serious injury crashes on Livingston. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the grant award today. The Livingston project is one of 510 projects across the U.S. to receive a historic $800 million in grant awards through the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program, which funds regional, local and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. “I am grateful to the Biden administration, Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, Senator Brown and Congresswoman Beatty, and so many of our residents for their support of the Livingston Avenue project,” said Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “This investment will significantly improve the safety and accessibility of the corridor, businesses and other community assets. It will help Driving Park and the surrounding neighborhoods reconnect with their rich histories and celebrate residents who made significant impacts on American history. Residents deserve the right to safe mobility.”’ https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHCCC/bulletins/34647d9?reqfrom=share&fbclid=IwAR1Hh8Q9YEUZvxUGpdQbx1kcAJGsaBrY_DWrPk_aDW37Jp8ixzjGxYFlTMw Yes, I hope it actually is done the way proposed. Unprotected bike lanes are stupid.
February 5, 20232 yr More here: https://columbusunderground.com/street-safety-city-wins-grant-for-livingston-avenue-downtown-speed-limit-to-change-bw1/
February 7, 20232 yr I can't get past the Dispatch pay wall and the Franklin Co. Engineer doesn't have a lot of info but it looks like the Hayden Run bridge will see improvements this year:
February 27, 20232 yr Plan to Close Clintonville Gap in Olentangy Trail Moving Forward Design work is mostly complete and construction is scheduled to start next year on the city’s plan to close the last significant gap in the Olentangy Trail. Currently, there is only one section of the shared-use path that detours away from the Olentangy River and onto city streets. That happens on either side of the North Broadway bridge in Clintonville, roughly halfway between the trail’s two endpoints, Worthington and Downtown. The new plan, which was finalized after multiple public meetings, calls for two new trail bridges and new infrastructure at North Broadway to make it easier and safer for trail users to cross the busy thoroughfare. Northbound users will cross the first new bridge at Clinton Como Park, which will deposit them onto a new section of trail running past Kohl’s and along the eastern edge of the OhioHealth office complex. They’ll then cross North Broadway at grade and continue along the river to the second new bridge, which will connect them back up with the existing Olentangy Trail at Northmoor Park. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/plan-to-close-clintonville-gap-in-olentangy-trail-moving-forward-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 6, 20232 yr 2022 Was a Record Year for CoGo; Scooter Ridership Still High There were nearly 54,000 trips taken on a CoGo bike last year, according to data available on the CoGo website and compiled by Columbus Underground. That’s a record for the bike share system, which was established in 2013. Over half of the trips taken in 2022 were on one of the system’s pink-wheeled e-bikes, which are equipped with a battery and also come with cable locks that allows riders to either dock them at a CoGo station or lock them to a public bike rack. CoGo started offering the e-bikes in June of 2020. The City of Columbus owns the CoGo bikes and stations, and made the initial investment in the system, but the network is operated by Lyft. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/2022-was-a-record-year-for-cogo-scooter-ridership-still-high-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 29, 20232 yr Alum Creek Trail Closure Has Cyclists Scrambling to Find Safe Routes A key bridge along the Alum Creek Trail will close later this spring for repairs, shutting down a portion of the popular path for about two months. Work on the bridge, which takes the trail over the creek near Champions Golf Course and the Pathways Park soccer fields on Sunbury Road, will begin on May 10, according to the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. The department had originally sent out an email informing trail users that the bridge would be closed as soon as this week, but later moved that back. Spokesperson Kerry Francis said that the start date for the project was pushed to May because the work still needs to be approved by the Columbus Recreation Parks Commission and City Council. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/alum-creek-trail-closure-has-cyclists-scrambling-to-find-safe-routes-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 9, 20232 yr Protected Bike Lane Pilot Project Planned for Downtown A portion of the East Long Street bike lane will be upgraded from a painted lane into a safer, physically protected one later this spring. The city’s Department of Public Service described the upgrade as a pilot project that could eventually lead to protective elements being added to other lanes around Columbus. Last fall, Columbus Underground reported on an ongoing audit of the city’s existing bike lanes – nearly all of which are delineated by nothing more than paint on asphalt – that aimed to identify places where lanes could be made safer by installing physical barriers. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/protected-bike-lane-pilot-project-planned-for-downtown-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 18, 20232 yr City Lands Grant for 7-Mile Trail and Park in Linden The City of Columbus was awarded nearly $2.5 million for the purchase of an abandoned rail corridor that runs through Linden. The plan is turn the seven-mile-long, 58-acre piece of land into a linear park, with a 10-foot-wide shared use path running along its entire length. The corridor is approximately 80 feet wide and stretches from South Linden to Northland – specifically, from the Douglas Community Center on Windsor Avenue to Cooper Park, which sits north of State Route 161. The land alongside the trail would be “devoted to [the] restoration of a natural area, i.e. forest plantings, native shrubs, wildflowers and selective open greenspace,” according to a project description provided by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC).
May 18, 20232 yr If voters had passed COTA's 2020 plan back in the 1990s, this would have been the light rail line from downtown to Westerville.....
June 4, 20232 yr Hey Columbus bikers: fun opportunity tomorrow. Monday at 6:30pm, CoGo station at Nationwide Blvd & Front St. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
June 7, 20232 yr ‘America’s Bike Mayor’ Has Some Thoughts to Share About Columbus and Bike Lanes John Bauters, the Mayor of Emeryville, California, has become well-known nationally in the last year or so for his outspoken advocacy around bikes, bike infrastructure, and other related urbanist topics. This past weekend, Bauters was in Columbus for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. As part of the conference, he organized and led a mayors bike ride, in which a group of his fellow mayors from around the country toured Downtown and several surrounding neighborhoods (Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther did not participate, although at least one city staff member did, as well as representatives of Experience Columbus). And on Monday, Bauters took part in a community ride organized by local advocacy group Transit Columbus. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/americas-bike-mayor-has-some-thoughts-about-columbus-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 8, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, ColDayMan said: ‘America’s Bike Mayor’ Has Some Thoughts to Share About Columbus and Bike Lanes John Bauters, the Mayor of Emeryville, California, has become well-known nationally in the last year or so for his outspoken advocacy around bikes, bike infrastructure, and other related urbanist topics. This past weekend, Bauters was in Columbus for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. As part of the conference, he organized and led a mayors bike ride, in which a group of his fellow mayors from around the country toured Downtown and several surrounding neighborhoods (Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther did not participate, although at least one city staff member did, as well as representatives of Experience Columbus). And on Monday, Bauters took part in a community ride organized by local advocacy group Transit Columbus. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/americas-bike-mayor-has-some-thoughts-about-columbus-bw1/ Everyone advocating for bike lanes, make sure you read that article! There’s great guidance there from Mayor Bauters on how to engage with naysayers and improve the likelihood of successful advocacy. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
June 14, 20232 yr Don't worry. Its just a study. Because in traditional Columbus fashion, we will study everything on our own adding time and money to projects instead of taking a wealth of studies and knowledge from other cities across the world and implementing best practices.
June 15, 20232 yr 15 hours ago, DTCL11 said: Don't worry. Its just a study. Because in traditional Columbus fashion, we will study everything on our own adding time and money to projects instead of taking a wealth of studies and knowledge from other cities across the world and implementing best practices. In Cincinnati, our first version of this was just a "test pilot." The city held a public meeting about it when people demanded it become permanent. For that meeting, people showed up all right and it's still there today.
August 2, 20231 yr Hey y'all sorry, not news, but just curious if there's any idk 15-20 or so mile loops around the convention center that y'all might recommend. One of the big GIS Conferences is down there this year and I'm planning on bringing my bike(s) so while it'd be cool to get some gravel riding in around there (which I know that's pie in the sky thinking) I could always just opt for the road bike haha. Thanks for any help!
August 2, 20231 yr I don't know about any of that talk but you better contact me when you come down so you can finally get THE TOUR! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 20, 20231 yr Transportation Roundup: Bike Lanes, E-Bikes, German Village Plans and More The city’s e-bike incentive program, which was announced in July, has so far proven to be very popular. “We received an overwhelming amount of interest in the program with over 10 times the number of applications than available incentives,” reads a post on the project website. “We are thrilled to see the positive reaction from the community and the growing bike culture in Columbus. Information collected from submitted applications and responses to the general interest form will be used to help inform next steps for the program in the future.” I’ve been told that City Council hopes to follow-up on the initial allocation of funds for the program with a bigger one in the near future, similar to the way Denver rolled out its popular incentive program. To make sure you are informed the next time funds become available, fill out this interest form. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/transportation-roundup-bike-lanes-e-bikes-german-village-plans-and-more-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 8, 20231 yr City Wants to Hear From ‘Interested but Concerned’ Bike Riders Work continues on the citywide bike plan first announced by the City of Columbus last year. City officials provided an update on the project last week, releasing some statistics and unveiling a new tool for gathering community feedback. An email sent out by the Department of Public Service stated that over 3,100 people responded to a recent online survey, and that “89% of people said they want to bike more and 74% want to walk more…however, 68% said it is currently difficult to get around Columbus on a bike, scooter or other small-wheeled device.” “Respondents let us know they want better infrastructure, increased connections between trails, bikeways and sidewalks, and increased safety near fast-moving traffic,” the email continued. “We will be using this information to help develop a vision statement and a set of draft goals. This qualitative input will also be used in combination with the technical analysis currently underway, to begin developing Bike Plus draft recommendations.” Another way the city will be gathering input is through a new interactive map on the plan website, which is now active. Users can add dots or lines to the map and type out concerns or suggestions for what improvements they would like to see at those spots. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/city-wants-to-hear-from-interested-but-concerned-bike-riders-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 16, 20231 yr Protected Bike Lanes Coming to East Broad Street The City of Columbus plans to install new protected bike lanes along East Broad Street on the Near East Side. The work would coincide with a planned resurfacing of the road, which is scheduled to happen in 2025. The lanes would run in both directions from Parsons Avenue to Nelson Road. The project is being described as a pilot, which generally means that materials are used that can be installed quickly and inexpensively and that can also be changed or rearranged based on feedback from the community and observations about how they are being used. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/protected-bike-lanes-coming-to-east-broad-street-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 21, 20231 yr Second Round of E-Bike Vouchers to be Handed Out Another round of vouchers to help Columbus residents purchase e-bikes will be going out soon, although if you are not already on the waitlist, you may have to wait for a future expansion of the program to take advantage of it. About 1,500 residents signed up to receive the vouchers when the pilot program launched last summer, but there was only enough funding to provide discounts to 114 people. Those discounts ranged from $500 to $1,200 and were used to purchase bikes from one of five participating local bike shops. Today’s news about a second round – announced via press release by Council President Shannon Hardin and Councilmember Lourdes Barroso de Padilla – means that about 200 waitlisted applicants will now get the incentives (recipients of the vouchers will receive an email letting them know in the next few weeks). More below: https://columbusunderground.com/second-round-of-e-bike-vouchers-to-be-handed-out-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 2, 20241 yr 2023 in Columbus: A Million Scooter Rides, Record Number of CoGo Trips Record CoGo Ridership 2023 was also a record year for CoGo – the network of over 600 rental bikes and 80 fixed stations that was established in 2013. There were over 65,000 rides taken on the bikes, according to data available on the CoGo website and compiled by Columbus Underground. It was the second year in a row of record ridership for the system, which is operated by Lyft. Similar to previous years, more than half of the trips taken in 2023 were on one of the system’s pink-wheeled e-bikes, which are equipped with a battery and also come with cable locks that allows riders to either dock them at a CoGo station or lock them to a public bike rack. CoGo started offering the e-bikes in June of 2020. Over the course of the last two years, the city, Lyft and other partners distributed thousands of free CoGo memberships to a wide range of organizations, including neighborhood groups, civic associations, and affordable housing providers. Columbus City Council voted in January to approve $600,000 for CoGo operations in 2024, and last summer approved $500,000 for the program. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/2023-in-columbus-a-million-scooter-rides-record-number-of-cogo-trips-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 9, 20241 yr Cyclists want Columbus to allow bikes on certain sidewalks and inclusion in road upgrades Bill Bush - Feb. 6, 2024 - The Dispatch "Because Columbus prohibits bicycles on sidewalks, bicyclists there are forced to do the "safe but illegal thing" and ride on the sidewalk, risking a ticket, or ride the two-lane roadway, which has vehicle speed limits up to 45 mph. ... He and other bicyclists who came to the council meeting with their bicycle helmets want the city to rescind its ban on riding bikes on sidewalks or revise it to allow bikes on sidewalks adjacent to unsafe roads."
February 17, 20241 yr The List: 11 Bike and Pedestrian Projects Moving Forward in 2024 It can take a long time for transportation infrastructure projects to move from idea to implementation, even the ones that aim to make dangerous streets safer. Some of the highest-profile safe-streets and bike lane projects announced in the last few years will not be built in 2024. The reconfiguring of Indianola Avenue in Clintonville to accommodate new bike lanes, for example, has been moved back to a 2025 start date; and new protected bike lanes planned for Mt. Vernon and Livingston Avenues are not slated for construction until 2026. The slow pace of change has led some transportation advocates to express their frustration to city leaders. Columbus Underground has been tracking the progress of dozens of bike and pedestrian investments; here are the ones that are either moving on to the construction phase this year, or have already started: ...below! https://columbusunderground.com/the-list-11-bike-and-pedestrian-projects-moving-forward-in-2024-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 3, 20241 yr Citywide Bike Plan, Vision for Downtown Streets Both Starting to Take Shape The City of Columbus held a series of open houses last week to provide updates and gather feedback on the citywide bike plan known as Bike Plus. Exhibits placed around the room showed the city divided up into quadrants – with proposed bike lanes marked on many of the main thoroughfares – and a series of posters with suggestions for new programs and policy changes. Justin Goodwin, the city’s Mobility and Parking Division Administrator, said that the broad goal of the plan is to ask; “ideally, over time, how can we build out a safe, connected network throughout the entire city?” The maps produced so far show lots of blue dashed lines – indicating proposed separated bikeways – which Goodwin explained could be either on-street bike lanes that are physically protected from car traffic, or shared use paths that run along one side of the road and are usually separated from traffic by a curb and a strip of grass. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/citywide-bike-plan-vision-for-downtown-streets-both-starting-to-take-shape-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 14, 20241 yr Council Approves Funding to Continue E-Bike Subsidies The e-bike incentive program that launched as a temporary pilot last summer will continue this year as a full-fledged program. Columbus City Council voted last night to approve $500,000 in funding for the program, which provides discounts ranging from $500 to $2,500 on the purchase of an e-bike from one of five participating local bike shops. Council provided the first funding for the program – $250,000 – in late 2022, then approved another $250,000 to keep it going about a year later. So far, about 300 people have used a voucher to purchase an e-bike, although nearly 1,500 people applied for the program and about 5,000 have expressed interest in participating. Haley Allison of Smart Columbus, the organization that has been administering the program, told council that the goal is to distribute another 350 or so vouchers in the next year. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/council-approves-funding-to-continue-e-bike-subsidies-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 20, 20241 yr I was in Chicago this weekend and noticed newly built separated bike lanes on a portion of Milwaukee in Wicker Park. They look sweet and were well used. The bike lanes are raised in the area of bus stops. Parking on one side of the street was eliminated. Milwaukee is narrower than High St. I wish Columbus would build something similar along High St. When I was younger I would ride on High fearlessly but now that I’m older I don’t want to deal with that. Something like this would allow me to bike to work directly.
June 3, 20241 yr Draft Plan for Improved Bike Network Unveiled "The City of Columbus has posted an interactive map online of a proposed “draft vision network,” featuring lots of new bike lanes, shared use paths, bike boulevards and trails. The city’s Department of Public Service, along with consultants from Toole Design, have spent the last year working on the citywide bike plan and gathering feedback about which streets and neighborhoods are most in need of improved infrastructure. Called Bike Plus, the final plan will lay out the preferred network of new lanes and paths while also prioritizing the improvements that could have the biggest impact and that can be made within the next five years. The next step in the process is to gather feedback on the map that was posted online today. The public will have through the end of June to give their opinion on the plan. The final Bike Plus plan is still on track to be completed later this year, according to the city, at which time it will be taken to City Council for approval." https://columbusunderground.com/feedback-sought-on-draft-plan-for-improved-bike-network-bw1/
June 5, 20241 yr https://tooledesign.github.io/Columbus_Bike_Plus/ The plan is pretty comprehensive. If you like, you can click on a location and leave a comment. The plan calls for a separated bikeway (shared use path or protected bike lane) along 5th Ave from Arlington Ave east to Hamilton Rd. How would they shoehorn a protected bike lane into the W 5th R/W? I would imagine one of the sidewalks would become the bike lane. That'll be a challenge!
June 6, 20241 yr On 6/5/2024 at 8:51 AM, Pablo said: https://tooledesign.github.io/Columbus_Bike_Plus/ The plan is pretty comprehensive. If you like, you can click on a location and leave a comment. The plan calls for a separated bikeway (shared use path or protected bike lane) along 5th Ave from Arlington Ave east to Hamilton Rd. How would they shoehorn a protected bike lane into the W 5th R/W? I would imagine one of the sidewalks would become the bike lane. That'll be a challenge! Lane diet should free up a lot of options. It looks like the RoW is 56 feet wide, but the curb distance is 36 feet, because the 3 lanes are each 12 feet wide. Reducing them down to 10 feet would leave up to 26 feet of extra space, which is plenty of room for protected and separated bike infrastructure. They could also have room to line both sides with trees, especially if they dump the center turn lanes.
October 11, 2024Oct 11 Installation of Protected Bike Lanes on East Broad Street Begins The City of Columbus is moving forward with a plan to install protected bike lanes along East Broad Street on the Near East Side. Workers started striping the new lanes this week, and later this month and into November will install vertical separators and new bus pads to help minimize any potential conflicts between cyclists and people boarding the bus. Although historic photos of Broad Street show tree-lined medians and generous walkways on either side, that’s not the scene that generations of Columbus residents have experienced – for decades, the street’s exceptionally wide public right-of-way has been devoted completely to cars. On the Near East Side, that has meant a center turn lane and three traffic lanes running in each direction, with portions of the two curb lanes offering limited on-street parking. The new bike lanes will occupy the curb lanes on both sides of the street, which were each recently repaved. That means that the parking spots will be removed, but the street will continue to offer two through-lanes in each direction for vehicles, as well as the center lane for left turns. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/installation-of-protected-bike-lanes-on-east-broad-street-begins-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 15, 2024Oct 15 On 10/11/2024 at 2:41 PM, ColDayMan said: Installation of Protected Bike Lanes on East Broad Street Begins The City of Columbus is moving forward with a plan to install protected bike lanes along East Broad Street on the Near East Side. Workers started striping the new lanes this week, and later this month and into November will install vertical separators and new bus pads to help minimize any potential conflicts between cyclists and people boarding the bus. Although historic photos of Broad Street show tree-lined medians and generous walkways on either side, that’s not the scene that generations of Columbus residents have experienced – for decades, the street’s exceptionally wide public right-of-way has been devoted completely to cars. On the Near East Side, that has meant a center turn lane and three traffic lanes running in each direction, with portions of the two curb lanes offering limited on-street parking. The new bike lanes will occupy the curb lanes on both sides of the street, which were each recently repaved. That means that the parking spots will be removed, but the street will continue to offer two through-lanes in each direction for vehicles, as well as the center lane for left turns. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/installation-of-protected-bike-lanes-on-east-broad-street-begins-bw1/ Drove down it last night and was excited to see the new bike lanes. Folks treated Broad st as a highway and would regularly go 40+ down the road. Glad to see it calmed traffic as well.
October 15, 2024Oct 15 3 hours ago, KyleofColumbus said: Drove down it last night and was excited to see the new bike lanes. Folks treated Broad st as a highway and would regularly go 40+ down the road. Glad to see it calmed traffic as well. They would often go 50+ so hopefully this helps and that BRT makes it even better.
November 25, 2024Nov 25 Bike Plus draft plan has been released: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fa0d7f19855a46f5a67ad741da665439?cover=false&header=false&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Lots of information contained within!
December 3, 2024Dec 3 Plan Calls for 89 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes, Other Improvements The city’s new bike plan, which was unveiled last week and will be discussed at a City Council hearing tomorrow, lays out a network of bike lanes, trails and paths that would be much more extensive than anything previously proposed in Central Ohio. The plan, now available to view here, calls for 487 miles of new “bikeways and features,” which includes the following: 89 miles of protected bike lanes (nearly 10 times more than what we have today) 298 miles of shared-use paths, trails and greenways (a 190 percent increase) 100 miles of other street improvements, like unprotected bike lanes or bike boulevards (a 120 percent increase) More below: https://columbusunderground.com/plan-calls-for-89-miles-of-protected-bike-lanes-other-improvements-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 3, 2024Dec 3 Am I reading the map correctly? Does the plan call for a protected bike lane on High St. from Worthington to German Village? As an older person, I do not like riding on High St. anymore. This would definitely change tings for me!
December 3, 2024Dec 3 2 hours ago, Pablo said: Am I reading the map correctly? Does the plan call for a protected bike lane on High St. from Worthington to German Village? As an older person, I do not like riding on High St. anymore. This would definitely change tings for me! It 100% looks like that, but I would be curious how they would do it!
December 3, 2024Dec 3 3 hours ago, Pablo said: Am I reading the map correctly? Does the plan call for a protected bike lane on High St. from Worthington to German Village? As an older person, I do not like riding on High St. anymore. This would definitely change tings for me! I think the protected bike lane would run south from Crosswoods on High Street to Hudson, then cut over to Summit, then back to High Street south of Goodale all the way past Greenlawn.
December 4, 2024Dec 4 COGO (operated by Lyft) is out for bike and scooter share at the first of the year to be replaced by Veo. Veo has a wider variety of rides and will be in a direct contract with the city so that the city can perform more operational tasks such as returning bikes and scooters to stations. Video link set to start when the Veo discussion begins:
December 4, 2024Dec 4 City to Replace CoGo Bikes, Scooters with Single Vendor CoGo Bikes, which have been available to rent in Columbus for over a decade, will likely be gone from city streets by this spring. Lime, Bird and Spin scooters will also no longer operate here under a new plan, revealed by city officials yesterday, that would replace them with a single vendor. Legislation has been drafted and discussions are currently underway with Veo Micromobility to be that vendor. The California-based company offers bike and scooter rentals in more than 50 cities and universities across North America, including Cleveland and Toledo, according to its website. Columbus City Councilmember Lourdes Barroso de Padilla, chair of the Public Service & Transportation committee, discussed the proposed change at yesterday’s Bike Plus public hearing. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/city-to-replace-cogo-bikes-scooters-with-single-vendor-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 4, 2024Dec 4 4 hours ago, GCrites said: COGO (operated by Lyft) is out for bike and scooter share at the first of the year to be replaced by Veo. Veo has a wider variety of rides and will be in a direct contract with the city so that the city can perform more operational tasks such as returning bikes and scooters to stations. Video link set to start when the Veo discussion begins: I don’t like this idea on paper, seems like the company cab just charge whatever they want whenever. With zero competition what is going to stop them, I didn’t see anything mentioned about it?
December 7, 2024Dec 7 The CU article is somewhat vague, but the NBC4 story on it definitively states that scooters will also be bound by docking stations. I get that scooters can be annoying, but the city moving to adopt a system that requires scooters to also be pulled from and returned to a hub is going to all but kill their use and effectiveness in terms of micro transit. And it feels like that's the intent. With over a million scooter rides a year, the city, if they do in fact adopt the docked scooters, we are potentially looking a micro transit numbers closer to CoGo overall being under 100k. This doesn't even take in to account that CoGo has all but been a city money pit for awhile. Per the Dispatch: "running at $1.1 million per year translates into a potential city per-ride subsidy of more than $20, in addition to what the renter pays Lyft to use the bike, which varies depending on the subscription plan." In the meantime, with 20x the number of rides, and almost 10% of COTAs ridership, scooters do not get public subsidy. As an early user of CoGo, the worst part was always docking stations, and then the chance that the docks nearest an event would be full (and if course the city not having flexible docking options for events), scooters became my number one way to zip around town after awhile. It's also expanded my exploration and visitation of small businesses and restaurants. Scooter etiquette has come a long way from where it was. Seemingly kneecapping it by reducing its availability and accessibility seems like a less than ideal way forward. I'm excited to potentially have more bikes than are currently available, but this really seems like it's a backhanded way to effectively ban scooters, and try to save any semblance of a bike rideshare that has been struggling financially while simultaneously seeing an increase in ridership. I just don't have much hope for its success.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 On 12/2/2024 at 9:01 PM, ColDayMan said: Plan Calls for 89 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes, Other Improvements The city’s new bike plan, which was unveiled last week and will be discussed at a City Council hearing tomorrow, lays out a network of bike lanes, trails and paths that would be much more extensive than anything previously proposed in Central Ohio. The plan, now available to view here, calls for 487 miles of new “bikeways and features,” which includes the following: 89 miles of protected bike lanes (nearly 10 times more than what we have today) 298 miles of shared-use paths, trails and greenways (a 190 percent increase) 100 miles of other street improvements, like unprotected bike lanes or bike boulevards (a 120 percent increase) More below: https://columbusunderground.com/plan-calls-for-89-miles-of-protected-bike-lanes-other-improvements-bw1/ City Council officially adopted the Bike Plus plan today.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 On 12/7/2024 at 12:49 AM, DTCL11 said: The CU article is somewhat vague, but the NBC4 story on it definitively states that scooters will also be bound by docking stations. I get that scooters can be annoying, but the city moving to adopt a system that requires scooters to also be pulled from and returned to a hub is going to all but kill their use and effectiveness in terms of micro transit. And it feels like that's the intent. With over a million scooter rides a year, the city, if they do in fact adopt the docked scooters, we are potentially looking a micro transit numbers closer to CoGo overall being under 100k. This doesn't even take in to account that CoGo has all but been a city money pit for awhile. Per the Dispatch: "running at $1.1 million per year translates into a potential city per-ride subsidy of more than $20, in addition to what the renter pays Lyft to use the bike, which varies depending on the subscription plan." In the meantime, with 20x the number of rides, and almost 10% of COTAs ridership, scooters do not get public subsidy. As an early user of CoGo, the worst part was always docking stations, and then the chance that the docks nearest an event would be full (and if course the city not having flexible docking options for events), scooters became my number one way to zip around town after awhile. It's also expanded my exploration and visitation of small businesses and restaurants. Scooter etiquette has come a long way from where it was. Seemingly kneecapping it by reducing its availability and accessibility seems like a less than ideal way forward. I'm excited to potentially have more bikes than are currently available, but this really seems like it's a backhanded way to effectively ban scooters, and try to save any semblance of a bike rideshare that has been struggling financially while simultaneously seeing an increase in ridership. I just don't have much hope for its success. I guess the scooter docking stations could be smaller than what is needed for bikes, so they could be added to some areas. I agree overall though, this entire plan is dumb and forcing out a form of transit is not a good idea.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 Columbus City Council signs off on plan to add nearly 500 new miles of bikeways. The Bike Plus plan includes a vision network that shows where the city would add bikeways. Quote COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus City Council voted unanimously to approve a plan to add 487 miles of bikeways across the city in a long-term plan to make travel more accessible for bikers, and encourage biking as a mode of transportation. The Bike Plus plan includes a vision network that shows where the city would add bikeways. It also identifies communities of interest, where people currently face the most transportation challenges. https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/boomtown-ohio/columbus-city-council-approves-plan-add-nearly-500-new-miles-of-bikeways/530-2a7a67ec-06d1-4dfd-8e2c-e07329b3f129
February 12Feb 12 On 2/4/2025 at 5:27 PM, Pablo said: Looks like the Bike Plus initiative is starting with the 4th St bike lanes. Does anyone know why this is avoiding downtown? I didn’t know about about the 5th Ave plans but am super happy to see that happening.
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