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Keene committee backs drafting downtown protected bike-lane ordinance
Summary
The Keene MSFI committee voted to recommend that the city manager draft an ordinance establishing rules for protected downtown bike lanes, after staff described design-focused safety measures, statutory constraints on e-bikes and calls for local speed testing and community outreach.
The Keene Municipal Services, Facilities & Infrastructure Committee voted to recommend that the city manager submit a proposed ordinance establishing rules for bicycle operation in the downtown core.
City Manager presented the bike-lane policy committee's work, saying “protected bike lanes physically separate cyclists from vehicle traffic, significantly reducing the risk of collision,” and laid out design elements intended to slow users, including frequent stops, surface changes, tighter turns and raised crosswalks. The manager also described existing state authority and local code, providing a handout of state bike laws and noting chapter 94 of the city’s ordinances that addresses sidewalk bicycle prohibitions.
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