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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
One think I would love is a dedicated 2 way bike land on 3rd street SW.
You can get south from the river pathways through Eau Claire and down 3rd no problem, but heading home north on 2nd kind of sucks. Because of all the dual turns you have to ride ride up the exact centre of the road to avoid having to lane change in traffic.
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Yeah, I agree that there should be a dedicated north/south bike route somewhere in the city centre as currently none exists. Commuting along the river or 10 Ave, for mobility, is good but once you start heading into centre city it's pretty risky competing with traffic.
I figure it's only a matter of time before a cyclists is run over by a cement truck in a blind spot downtown.
One of the other routes I thought for a North\South route would be to make a pedestrian\cyclist bridge across the rail lines at 2nd st sw over the Gulf Square parking ramp which is already an existing bike route, and continue the north\south bike route into the city centre.