Cyclists in London will have more road space to call their own this summer.
The city plans to create new bike lanes on Ridout St., Queens Ave., Upper Queen St., Ernest Ave., and Hyde Park Rd.
But adding new lanes to already exsisting streets can be challenging.
"There's crowded road right of ways," says Doug McRae, division manager of transportation planning and design. "Road right of ways accomodate hyrdo poles, sidewalks, vehicular lanes, driveways and everything els, so fitting bike lanes into that mix of infastructure can be a tricky proposition."
The city is also working on a revamped cycling plan called LondonBikes.
"It's essentially a plan that will provide direction and strategy to promote cycling in the city for the next ten years," says McRae. "London's cycling plan is about ten years old now, so it's time for us to re-do that plan.
"There's new provincial design guidance on how to design cycling facilities, so we want to capture that and we also want to get the input from Londoners on where they feel the routes should be and how they should be maintanted and promoted," says McRae
Anyone looking to provide input on cycling in the city can visit www.londonbikes.ca
**This story was written by Alec Ross, a student in the Broadcast Journalism program at Fanshawe College. Alec is currently performing an internship with BlackburnNews.com
