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221 comments on DrumBeat: June 28, 2006

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AlanfromBigEasy on June 28, 2006 - 10:37am

I try to include bicycles in all of my plans (although, perhaps due to my personal prejudice, not with top billing).

Step #4 of my "10% reduction in US Oil Use" was encouraging more bicycling.

The plan that everyone accepted (A Public Works engineer & I designed) and the Mayor was going to announce (45 days after Katrina) as a cornerstone of his re-election campaign was to rebuild North Rampart Street as a city roads project.

Widen neutral ground (median) from 20' to 36', put scenic streetcar (old 3 light poles on either side of grass running tracks with ctpress trees), go from 2 traffic lanes on each side to 1 traffic lane + 1 bicycle lane. Add bicycle parking on street.

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Magnus Redin on June 28, 2006 - 3:06pm

Today I read about plans to add bicycle garages to the new rail link with three new stations being built in Malmö Sweden to better utlize the Öresund bridge to Copenhagen. The proposal is for 3000(old station) + 4000(city center) + 1500(new area) bikes with room for bicycle repair shops. The fee for parking is not decided. Malmö has 271 000 people with a prognosis for about 281 000 in 2011 when the railwayline is to be complegted.

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