Something to think about: Nashville, not really known as a cycling and pedestrian-friendly city, is just about to ban parking in bicycle lanes and make parking in them subject to a fine. More on this later, perhaps along with an interview of someone who helped make this happen. There is also some earlier coverage at the same blog, East Side Cyclist.
Here’s hoping they can successfully get this done! If Nashville can do it, so can we, and that’s why banning parking in bicycle lanes is a key part of our Austin Bike Plan Petition drive.
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on Nov 19th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Your title – Nashville Bicycle Lane Parking Ban – Almost There | Austin Bike Blog – caught my eye on the google blogsearch page. Just goes to show you how important good titles are!
I’ve added feeds.austinbikeblog.org to my reader, so I can see what else you come up with
on Nov 19th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Nashville’s “No-Parking in Bike Lanes” ordinance passed city council’s second reading last night. It will go to council for third reading (final) on December 2, which generally serves as a formality. Keep in mind, we may pass this law, but our Public Works department is rooted with good ole boys who will utilize the back door and abuse their power by placing “Parking Allowed (during certain times) signs where ever they choose. It’s a big political battle here in Nashville. Every time we do something to make it more bikeable, PW finds a way to reverse it.
on Nov 19th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Stumbled upon this while researching about bicycle advocacy (I am thinking about starting a state wide group). Thanks for the link and promo of our efforts. We are working as hard as we can.
-dan
aka eastsidecyclist
on Nov 20th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
As a past resident of Nashville and Madison, I am pretty excited about the work you guys are doing. Keep it up, and let us know if there’s any way we can help.
on Dec 2nd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
City Ordinance BL2008-307 passed this evening. It is now illegal to park in a bike lane.
on Jan 9th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Monday will see the first test of the Nashville Traffic and Parking Commission. A business has requested to park in a bike lane on a certain block. We are trying to discourage it. Please help my emailing your comments to nauri.lenderman@nashville.gov and ask that your comments be considered at the hearing.
Here is the link to the area being considered: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=Meridan+st&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.576045,78.574219&ie=UTF8&near=Douglas+Ave,+Nashville,+TN&ll=36.193889,-86.766533&spn=0,359.990408&z=17&layer=c&cbll=36.193881,-86.766427&panoid=uyIoOyDUF0Yvsztgb0wHvQ&cbp=12,274.3790320148749,,0,15.460020425679152