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Raleigh council declines to reopen Brookside Drive bike-lane decision, opts to "stay the course"
Summary
After months of debate and a staff alternative proposing a two-way cycle track plus on-street parking, Raleigh City Council decided to keep its prior fall decision for bike lanes on both sides of Brookside Drive, rejecting a revived compromise that would have added parking on one side and narrowed cycle-track widths.
Councilmembers Tuesday decided not to reopen a previously approved redesign of Brookside Drive, keeping the fall decision to install bike lanes on both sides of the street.
The decision follows a multi-hour discussion in which Transportation staff described safety concerns tied to an unused second northbound travel lane and presented an alternative cross section that would add on-street parking on the west side and a two-way cycle track on the east side between Glasscock Street and Frank Street.
Staffer Bradley Kimbrell, of the Transportation Department, told council the review was driven by safety observations after Conn Elementary's reconstruction reduced the school drop‑off queue that once used the extra lane. "The reason we're talking about Brookside Drive is a safety concern," Kimbrell said while describing aggressive driving and vehicles accelerating to…
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