2018 GDOT Annual Report

B I K E S & P E D E S T R I A N S

Greensboro Implementing Far-reaching Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan In the last year, Greensboro made strides to add more miles of bike lanes, sidewalks, and greenways. This was part of an ongoing, long-term efort to implement the 2015 BiPed Plan and make Greensboro a safer, more comfortable, and more convenient place in which walk Bicycle lanes were recently installed during repaving projects on West Friendly Avenue from Milner Drive to Anderson Drive and on Market Street from Eugene Street to Davie Street, part of a long-range plan to connect the bicycle lane to Mendenhall Street near UNC-G.

and bicycle. Bike Lanes

This summer and fall the City will add bike lanes on Hobbs Road, Northline Avenue, Drawbridge Parkway, Hornaday Road, and Gatewood Avenue in connection with roadway resurfacing projects. The Horse Pen Creek Road widening and Holts Chapel Road modernization currently under construction

GDOT shoots for 75 bicycle lane miles by 2022. Thanks to the 2016 voter-approved roadway maintenance bonds and increased vehicle registration fees, the City has been able to repave more streets and install more bicycle lanes.

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