City of Berkeley Hosting Open House to Discuss Enhancing Bicycle Plan

The city of Berkeley will hold an open house today to ask for public input to help improve the city’s bicycle infrastructure. In an effort to make bicycling in Berkeley safer and more convenient, city staff members, along with consultants, are inviting residents to stop by the meeting to help identify areas of improvement, city officials said. City officials are seeking to expand the network of bike paths and roads, improve signs, roadway markings and lighting for signs, upgrade bicycle parking facilities, and update design guidelines for its “bicycle boulevards,” roads that have been modified for bike use.

The open house will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Central Library, located at 2090 Kittredge St. City officials said the 2010 census found that 8 percent of Berkeley residents commute by bicycle, a rate four times the Alameda County average and nearly five times the average of the Bay Area. Berkeley currently has more than 15 miles of designated bicycle routes, lanes and paths, in addition to more than 100 miles of residential streets safe for bike use, city officials said. A second community meeting is planned sometime this fall and will introduce the new programs and proposals that will be addressed at today’s meeting, city officials said.

The city plans to complete the bicycle plan by May 2016 with a celebration planned for Bike to Work Day.

By Bay City News

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