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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009
Don't neglect your ride.
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Committee, said the City Commission adopted a plan to add bike lanes to streets throughout Lawrence as the streets were repaved.
"It's only three blocks, but we like to think in terms of connectivity," Struckhoff said. "So, although there's no connectivity yet, there's an indication here of connectivity."
"I think the city is going forward with its commitment to make our streets safer for bikers," Desetti said. "Even at three blocks at a time, we're doing it."
Desetti said adding bike lanes to the small section of the street was a step towards greater "east-west connectivity," which was a problem in Lawrence transportation.
Struckhoff said there was no longer room downtown for more parking spaces, so the city was trying to fit bike lanes to give people greater access to the area. He said the city engineers struggled to find room for bike lanes and sometimes resorted to making narrowed car lanes in repaved streets.
"You have to be creative sometimes," Struckhoff said.
Edited by Dylan Sands