GOAL: More Stripes on Streets in BTV

From Local Motion

"More Stripes on Streets" is Local Motion's all-out push to get real bike lanes in places where people actually bike.  North Avenue is awesome, but it's just the start.  We're ready for the City to deliver on its promise of a city-wide bike network!

SPEAK UP FOR MORE STRIPES ON STREETS 

THE OPPORTUNITY:  There are a number of streets in Burlington that can have bike lanes added to them at low cost, with little engineering or design, and with negligible impact on car traffic or on-street parking.  Those streets can and should be restriped to add bike lanes without delay.  

CURRENT STATUS:  Local Motion is working with Mayor Weinberger and Burlington DPW to identify and move rapidly on major improvements for biking on Burlington's streets. Here are a few of the more promising candidates!  Click the name of each proposed improvement to download a simple map that lays out each proposal in more detail.

The Downtown (Almost) Connector, which consists of:

• Adding bike lanes in both directions on South Winooski between Maple and Main
• Extending the southbound bike lane on North Winooski all the way to Pearl
• Swapping the bike lane with the parking on Willard from North to Maple (such that the bike lane for this segment runs southbound)

The Southern Bike Connector, which consists of:

• Adding bike lanes and super-sharrows to portions of Pine Street north of Kilburn
• Upgrading to super-sharrows on Pine northbound between Locust and Kilburn
• Adding bike lanes and upgrading to super-sharrows at intersections on Pine between Locust and Flynn
• Adding bike lanes on Pine between Flynn and Home
• Adding sharrows on Pine south of Home

In addition, Local Motion has proposed that Burlington DPW paint bike lanes solid green whenever they cross an intersection or a side street. This treatment greatly increases visibility for people biking, and was recently adopted by the Vermont Agency of Transportation as Highway Safety & Design Engineering Instruction 16-100.  

THE NEXT STEP:  Document citywide support for "More Stripes on Streets" as outlined above by clicking the red button.  In addition, supporters can write letters to the mayor, to the DPW Commission, and more.