Hillsborough Street bike lanes are looking good. (!)
The City Council’s public works committee held its long-awaited meeting on the issue last night. The verdict, by unanimous decision: There should be bike lanes on all of Hillsborough Street from downtown to the Fairgrounds. No exception for the Hillsborough Street Project (Phase 1, remember) in front of N.C. State. For a city trying to move from car-dominated sprawldom to walkable-bikeable metro, it’s a huge step forward — assuming it holds. Hillsborough Street has great symbolic importance for Raleigh. It’s also a place where bikes could one day be the dominant form of transportation if given a chance. Continue reading »
