New strategy to ease bike backlash is limited

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THE PROVIDENCE STREETS COALITION'S Hope Street urban trail demonstration would add a temporary, protected bike lane along one side of Hope Street replacing a current parking lane. /COURTESY PROVIDENCE STREETS COALITION
Hoping to curb some of the resistance to bike lanes, street safety and cycling advocates are trying a different approach by offering a preview of what is to come in a busy commercial district on the East Side. But so far, the 1-mile stretch along Hope Street is the only area that will get temporary…

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2 COMMENTS

  1. NO BIKE LANES!!!
    They hurt business! If you want to ride a bike, go to a park.
    Roadways are for automobiles!

    Ridiculous do-gooders, wasting taxpayer money on bike lanes THAT NO ONE WANTS and that get ZERO USE 3 1/2 months out of the year during New England winters!!