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Downtown residents and bike advocates urge pause after NDOT seeks to reconfigure loading zones on Ninth Avenue North
Summary
NDOT requested reconfigured loading zones on Ninth Avenue North; residents and bicycle advocates said the changes removed a developer-requested cycle track and asked the commission to defer action for a full review. The commission deferred the item for 30 days.
NDOT asked the Traffic & Parking Commission to reauthorize reconfigured loading zones on Ninth Avenue North between Commerce Street and Church Street. That request drew sustained public comment from bike advocates and residents who said a developer-requested cycle track had been implemented, then removed without public notice, and that NDOT’s proposal would restore vehicle loading at the expense of multimodal connections.
Brent Schultz, the Connect Downtown coordinator with INDOT, told the commission the change “is really just what was there before going back in” and that Ninth Avenue is not designated for bike lanes in the Connect Downtown plan. Schultz said the…
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