THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009
1. 求 $\sin \theta$ 的值。
BACK TO SCHOOL
45
LAWRENCE
City lines Ninth Street with bike lanes
BY DAVID UGARTE
dugarte@kansan.com
The Lawrence City Commission decided July 7 to add a bike lane on the north side of Ninth Street for three blocks between Tennessee and Indiana Streets, and on the south side for two blocks between Ohio and Indiana Streets.
Eric Struckhoff, a member of the Lawrence Bicycle Advisory Committee, said the bike lanes on Ninth Street would be an important link between downtown and campus, West campus and other areas of Lawrence.
The benefits of the bike lanes go beyond safety for bicyclists on the street, Struckkoff said. They also lead to fewer cars creating traffic and more open parking spaces for motorists because more people will feel safe riding their bikes instead of driving, he said. Bike lanes also result in less pollution from car engines and less damage to roads, leading to less construction, Struckhoff said.
"It benefits everyone." Struckhoff said.
David Neidinger, vice president of the KU Cycling Club, said the bike lanes would make students feel safer riding their bikes between campus and downtown.
"Ninth Street is one of the easiest ways downtown." Neidinger, Saint Joseph, Mo., junior, said. "It would definitely be beneficial to have bike lanes there. That would be awesome."
Michael Almon, local bicycle advocate, said Ninth Street had the highest accident rate between bicycles and automobiles. He said the city had taken a long time to make progress in adding bike lanes to streets where there was heavy bike traffic.
"Lawrence is very auto-centric. The only progress made is when people push and push and push." Almon said.
The city engineers found it difficult to make room for bike lanes because streets in the center of Lawrence were
too narrow or had parking on each side, Almon said.
"It's an uphill battle" Almon said. "But it's got to happen."
He said the addition of bike lanes to the repaved portion of Ninth Street gave bicyclists some relief from the car traffic.
Shoeb Uddin, city engineer, said the new bike lanes would take the place of 10 parking spots on the south side of the street and four spots on the north side.
"Lawrence, as a community, favors bikes and multi-mobility," Uddin said.
Mark Desetti, a member of the Lawrence Bicycle Advisory
SEE BIKE LANES ON PAGE 48
23rd & Kasold 785-856-5577