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RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A DOWNTOWN BIKE FACILITY ON MICHIGAN STREET FROM SIXTH AVENUE WEST TO FIRST AVENUE EAST, AND ON SUPERIOR STREET FROM FIRST AVENUE EAST TO FOURTH AVENUE EAST
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CITY PROPOSAL:
WHEREAS, the city of Duluth wishes to encourage bicycling as an alternate mode of transportation; and
WHEREAS, the city adopted a Bikeways Plan in 2013 that indicated Superior Street as a location for on-street bike lanes; and
WHEREAS, the Superior Street Reconstruction Project’s Preliminary Design Phase has studied Superior Street as a location for an on-street bike facility and found physically separated bike lanes are feasible but would reduce parking and desired amenity spaces; and
WHEREAS, a bike facility could be included only with converting adjacent parking spaces to parallel, rather than diagonal, spaces; and
WHEREAS, a Downtown Bikeways Study was conducted that included a public meeting, a survey with 640 responses, and meetings with stakeholders, and showed that priorities along Superior Street include pedestrian space and on-street parking, with support for bike facilities along adjacent downtown streets;
WHEREAS, the Downtown Bikeways Study showed that Michigan Street was the preferred alternative for a bike facility downtown;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the city of Duluth dedicate resources to plan and design physically separated two-way bike lanes on Michigan Street from Sixth Avenue West to First Avenue East.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Superior Street Reconstruction Project shall include a design for physically separated bike lanes from First Avenue East to Fourth Avenue East.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to provide for a two-way bike facility, with protected or physically separated lanes, on Michigan Street from Sixth Avenue West to First Avenue East, and on Superior Street from First Avenue East to Fourth Avenue East.