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GDOT is working hard to implement the 2015 BiPed
Plan, a far reaching document that prioritizes future
pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure improvements
to meet community needs. Improvements underway
include bike lanes, sidewalk, and greenways.
Bike Lanes
GDOT aims to add 75 bicycle lane miles by 2022. Bicycle
lanes were recently installed on Martin Luther King
Jr. Drive downtown during a repaving project. This
installation includes a new treatment: green pavement
inside the bike lanes. The green pavement enhances
awareness of bicycle traffic to remind drivers who are
merging across the bike lane that they must yield to
people on bikes.
This summer the City will add bike lanes on E. Bessemer
Avenue between English Street and Huffine Mill Road.
Walker Avenue between Aycock Street and S. Lindell
Road will receive shared-lane markings, which remind
drivers of the presence of cyclists. The Horse Pen Creek
Road widening and Holts Chapel Road modernization
that will start later this year will also include bicycle
lanes.
Other 2017 bicycle lane installations will include
portions of N. Elm, Spring Garden, English, Market and
Sixteenth streets, Creek Ridge and Pinecroft roads,
Glendale and E. Cornwallis drives, andW. Friendly
Avenue.
Sidewalk Construction
GDOT and the City’s Engineering and Inspections
Department are also in the midst of a major sidewalk
construction effort. Between 2006 and 2017, 133 miles
of sidewalks were added in Greensboro through public
projects and private developments. Recently-completed
public sidewalk projects include E. Florida Street,
Randleman Road, and Phillips Avenue.
The City has many more sidewalk projects planned in
the years ahead, including Holts Chapel and Lowdermilk
Streets, sections of E. andW. Wendover, Lovett Street,
Holden Road, Lindsay Street, College Road and New
Garden Road. The Horse Pen Creek Road widening and
the improvements to the College Road and Market
Street intersection will also add new sidewalks.
Greenway Construction
GDOT is also working to complete the Downtown
Greenway. Phase 3/2e, along Fisher and Eugene streets,
is under construction. Work is also expected to begin on
the Phase 2 along Murrow Boulevard and Fisher Avenue
in late 2017 or early 2018.
Assessing Greenways and Sidewalk Conditions
GDOT staff recently collected field data and created a
computer map and database inventory of conditions
and features along the greenway system. This marks the
first such effort to comprehensively assess greenway
conditions
The project collected information on pavement
conditions and whether there were signs, bridges,
lighting, benches, curb ramps at intersections, and more.
This data allows the City to prioritize sections that need
repairs, such as repaving, the replacement of bridges,
and the replacement or supplementing of existing
lighting, amenities and other features.
GDOT staff is going through a similar process to collect
information on sidewalks conditions. The goal is very
similar: to enable a prioritized plan for repairs and
upgrades. Data collection should be complete by fall.
Analysis and development of a plan for future repair
work will be completed by early 2018.
Enhancing Bi-Ped Safety and Evaluating Sidewalks
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