Just east of yesterday's featured porch, still on Spring Garden Street, we see this bicycle lane leading to the greenway and then on to town. The city of Greensboro is making a commitment to adding more lanes for bicycles and for providing greenways for off-road routes. According to the city's website, in 2007, Greensboro established a new bike route system that includes a map with roads, greenways, and other information to help cyclists plan the safest routes possible. In 2006, the Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) adopted the Greensboro Urban Area Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Greenway Master Plan, which incorporated ideas from public input for getting from Point A to Point B.The resulting plan was over 300 pages. Today, plans for bicycle protected lanes are being updated and adjusted as new greenways and highways are constructed. The Moses Cone-Wesley Long Health Care System has contributed funding and been a key player in our city's transportation plans.*
Today is ABC Wednesday and for our A-Z Urban Finds Series, "L" is for lane, as in the above bicycle lane. You know you are close to downtown Greensboro when you can see the JP Building (Now Lincoln Financial Group). Dare we say all roads, and LANES in Greensboro, lead to the JP Building-- our iconic skyscraper?
Happy ABC Wednesday, dear readers!
* reference and more information, here.
Beeing Dutch, the bicycle is seen everywhere every day... In our country there are countless 'lanes' ... if pysical possible to ride a bicycle, everyone overhere owns one.
Good choice for l.
Have a nice ABC-Wednesday-day / - week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (ABC-W-team)
Posted by: Melody Steenkamp | Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 07:50 AM
nice shot leading into the city!
Posted by: Tbreese823 | Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 10:27 AM
The same is going on here with bike lanes, in addition to the bike paths one finds along the rivers and canal through the city.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 11:22 AM
Great post! While we are getting more Bike lanes here they are not dedicated, out of vehicle traffic so I still don't feel super comfortable in them.
There are however many miles of old electric railway right of way that have had the tracks removed and paths installed, these are wonderful!
Posted by: Janis | Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 12:50 AM
I'm unconvinced that drivers acknowledge these!
ROG, ABCW
Posted by: Roger Green | Friday, April 01, 2016 at 04:54 PM