Any suggestions or experience for meeting the requirement for a dedicated bike lane on school property for an inner-city school with no setbacks (e.g. a public school in NYC)? Children will likely using bikes to get to school, but it isn't possible to incorporate a bike lane on the actual school property. Any way around this?
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Shannon Gray
ConsultantYRG sustainability
228 thumbs up
August 17, 2010 - 11:56 am
Hi Carly,
We've had a project in a similar situation. However, we did have dedicated city bike lanes on one side of our school and showed those in our project drawings. Any chance there are city bike lanes nearby?
We've also used wide (8 feet) sidewalks and installed a sign that said bikers left and pedestrians right.
Both projects were approved.
Shannon
Carly Ruggieri
Senior Sustainability ConsultantSteven Winter Associates, Inc.
101 thumbs up
August 25, 2010 - 11:46 am
Thanks Shannon. There are city bike lanes within a few blocks of the school but not along any of the perimeter streets. The tight property space will limit the ability for wide sidewalks as well. It's looking like the bike lane requirement might not be achievable for this particular project. Any other methods/CIRs people have used would be great.
Francis Chua
AssociateNK Architects
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September 27, 2013 - 2:30 pm
Shannon,
In your project with the 8' sidewalk and signs that said "bikers left and pedestrians right", did you provide any kind of markings or paint on the sidewalk to divide the sidewalk? Or you simply put up signs? What was the spacing of the signs? Also, is the sign double sided? Does it say "bikers right and pedestrians left" for people coming in the opposite direction? And GBCI accepted this solution?
Thanks