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California Avenue Protected Bike Lane
This project would entail installing a protected bike lane along California Ave. from North Ave. to Diversey Ave. This lane would replace the existing marked lane from Milwaukee Ave. to North Ave.
Given the high volume of car traffic and the lack of physical barriers separating bicyclists from drivers, residents have expressed safety concerns over the existing bike lane on N. California Ave. The current bike lane (the section within the 1st Ward) extends from North Avenue to Milwaukee Avenue, and is a marked lane (not buffered or protected). This project would entail both adapting the existing lane to create a protected bike lane, and extending it to the north, to Division Ave. This project could result in the elimination of some street parking.
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I want to be clear that the comment above is not my opinion. I am both a driver and a biker and bike carefully and follow traffic laws. The protected bike lanes are dangerous FOR bikers because they are not truly protected. Take the new-ish lane on Milwaukee. Cars and delivery vehicles are constantly parked IN the bike lane, making it necessary for a bike to go out of the lane into the car lane to get around them. The old lanes between the car lane and parking were much safer for bikes and much less intrusive for cars as well. It also causes a constant traffic jam at Milwaukee and California because of one car wants to turn left, it ends up being gridlock.
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