On
my way to my fall bike tune-up, I rode through the new car-free bike
boulevard connection at Holman and 13th. In the picture you can see a
sharrow, a "share-arrow" with the bike symbol beneath a double chevron
painted on the street. Sharrows don't solve all of the visability issues
of cycling with cars, but they do legitimize the use of bicycles on
certain streets which is always appreciated.
You can also see a bioswale in the drainage culvert, which are recent additions to mainstream (ha!) roadways. These bioswales serve to filter storm water before it hits the sewer system naturally using hardy native, low maintenance plants. I love them because the are gorgeous dry or wet, and they work really well, at least thus far.
From this picture you can also see that auto-traffic has been completely diverted down Holman between 12th and 13th. This decreases the amount of car traffic by eliminating a through-way for cars, but letting pedestrians and cyclists cut through.
In the process Pocket Park is much larger and more open. As I rode by there were a half dozen kids playing, and later a few kids skateboarding and tricking. What I noticed most about the new Pocket park is that A) there is better visability through that corner B) there is much less car traffic near the bordering streets and C) there were children using the park, something I had seen little of prior. I call it a win, even with the awful delays in construction due to ....? (I've heard due to funding at the city blah-blah-blah, but that's all hearsay.)
You can also see a bioswale in the drainage culvert, which are recent additions to mainstream (ha!) roadways. These bioswales serve to filter storm water before it hits the sewer system naturally using hardy native, low maintenance plants. I love them because the are gorgeous dry or wet, and they work really well, at least thus far.
From this picture you can also see that auto-traffic has been completely diverted down Holman between 12th and 13th. This decreases the amount of car traffic by eliminating a through-way for cars, but letting pedestrians and cyclists cut through.
In the process Pocket Park is much larger and more open. As I rode by there were a half dozen kids playing, and later a few kids skateboarding and tricking. What I noticed most about the new Pocket park is that A) there is better visability through that corner B) there is much less car traffic near the bordering streets and C) there were children using the park, something I had seen little of prior. I call it a win, even with the awful delays in construction due to ....? (I've heard due to funding at the city blah-blah-blah, but that's all hearsay.)
