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Neighbors renew plea to install Brookside Drive bike lanes, citing school safety
Summary
Residents urged the council to implement previously approved bike lanes on Brookside Drive to protect children and follow the city’s multimodal goals; commenters said the plan had been voted on and needs implementation.
Alex Burset and Athena Wallen, neighbors on Brookside Drive, asked the council to move forward with installation of approved bike lanes and complete sidewalks, citing safety for children and a mismatch between existing traffic and pedestrian/cyclist infrastructure.
Burset said the lane modification had already been approved and urged the city to implement it so that children riding to nearby schools would be safer. Athena Wallen described Brookside Drive as a thoroughfare with average daily traffic that the speaker said NCDOT estimated at 6,700 for part of the street in November 2023 and contrasted that with nearby streets; she also raised concerns about incomplete sidewalks at the Brookside Apartment Complex and equity issues for renters who rely on pedestrian infrastructure.
Both speakers framed the issue as a straightforward implementation of a previously approved safety project and asked councilors to prioritize the city’s multimodal mobility goals over parking concerns raised by a small number of residents.
The transcript records these comments but does not show a staff response or council vote during the public-comment period.
