Partners in Cleveland Work to Transform Streets by Seeking Funds for Protected Bikelanes

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Members of Bike Cleveland, the St. Clair Superior Development Corporation and Bialosky + Partners Architects—a group of bike activists, planners and architects—have come together to develop plans for a new network of protected bicycle lanes in Cleaveland, OH (10% Latino).

For two years, the group has worked on a plan they call “The Midway” project. The plan seeks to transform former streetcar lines into bike lanes.

In order to move forward with the project, the group will apply for $250,000 grant from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency’s (NOACA) Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative grant. Although, the grant would only cover a fraction of the $1.2 – $1.7 million per mile that the project is expected to cost, this is still much less than the costs of a light rail  system, which can run anywhere between $15 million and $100 million per mile.

Eventually the group of collaborators would like to see up to 100 miles of protected bike lanes in the city.

“We would like to lead the country, not follow,” said Jacob VanSickle, Bike Cleveland executive director, in a Cleaveland.com news story.

See more pictures and learn more about this change here.