Bike Woodward ride is to launch push for bike lanes - Detroit Free Press
Bike Woodward ride is to launch push for bike lanes The push for more bicycling infrastructure in the Detroit area will get a shot in the arm, or maybe the pedal, on Sept. That’s the day the Woodward Avenue Action Association hosts its 11-mile Bike Woodward ride from Highland Park to Pleasant Ridge through neighborhood streets and back along Woodward. That’s the day the Woodward Avenue Action Association hosts its 11-mile Bike Woodward ride from Highland Park to Pleasant Ridge through neighborhood streets and back along Woodward. The ride, which costs $25, is designed as a launch event for the association’s efforts to build bike lanes on Woodward from McNichols to I-696. “(Bike lanes in that area) would provide a link that really is kind of important especially as more and... That project would happen in two phases: from McNichols to 8 Mile and 8 Mile to I-696. The McNichols to 8 Mile portion would take longer to accomplish, but be designed with permanent protected bike lanes at sidewalk height along Woodward. The association “is finalizing the world’s longest Complete Street Master Plan for Woodward Avenue — redesigning Woodward for rapid transit, bicyclists and pedestrians — responding to a societal shift in mobility preferences,”. Source: www.freep.com
