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9.1.3 Elm Avenue Bike Lanes (Brooks to Franklin)
with slow speeds and is safer for cyclists. This improvement will also give citizens on the east side of downtown their first dedicated bike facility that connects them to downtown. Being a low cost project that is easily implemented, it will be a good way to evaluate how our citizens respond to the change and use the facility.
Given the existing street section for this stretch of Elm Avenue, bike lanes could be implemented within the existing roadway and no curb alterations will be necessary. This is a low cost, high impact project worth implementing in the near term. New bike lanes on this section of Elm Avenue will connect cyclists from the existing bike lanes on Franklin Street to downtown via Brooks Street, which is a low volume street
RECOMMENDATION 9B: Restripe Elm Avenue to include bike lanes to give the east side a dedicated bicycle facility connecting them to downtown.
S S Existing Elm Avenue (Brooks Street to Franklin Street)
T T Proposed bicycle improvements for Elm Avenue (Brooks Street to Franklin Street). An 11 foot wide sidewalk and street tree zone could be designed as continuous hardscape from back of curb to the building with trees in grates, or as a 6 foot sidewalk with a 5 foot planting strip at back of curb. The former option would be more supportive of an urban street feel with outdoor seating.
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7’
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sidewalk + street trees
on-street parking
bike lane
travel lane
travel lane
bike lane
on-street parking
sidewalk + street trees
TOTAL R.O.W. = 70’
ELM AVE SECTION (Brooks to
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