After years of hesitation, Pardubice has finally marked a bike lane, at least on a portion of 17. listopadu Street in the city center. This was one of the few busy streets where cycling had not been addressed until now.
The new measure includes a dedicated bike lane and an island at the pedestrian crossing at the intersection of 17th November Street and Smilova Street. The new bike lane extends from the end of the bike path that passes under the railway tracks and ends at Smilova Street. Heading towards the city center, a partially red-marked bike lane has been added for 70 meters, while heading out of the city, it extends for 200 meters.
In the remaining 200 meters of the northern part of 17th November Street, a bike lane is still missing. Cyclists share the lane with cars and buses here. Why? Adding a bike lane would mean removing one lane for car parking.
Some shop owners on the street expressed concern about the potential loss of parking spaces, fearing it might lead to a decrease in customers. The city got worried as well and voted in the city council to return this section of the street to the Pardubice region’s jurisdiction. The region is expected to come up with a safe solution for cycling transportation.
We have previously written about this issue here, and we presented a petition against the establishment of bike lanes here. The necessity of creating bike lanes on 17. listopadu Street, one of the main north-south thoroughfares through the city center, has been discussed in Pardubice in the past. The city itself presented this plan back in 2012 in connection with the planned road reconstruction. However, bike lanes were not ultimately established during the reconstruction. Nevertheless, 17. listopadu Street has long been perceived as one of the key issues in the overall Pardubice cycling infrastructure. The Pardubice pro-cycling NGO „Město na kole“ addressed the situation as early as 2011.
Plans for the establishment of cycling infrastructure on 17. listopadu Street can be traced back even further, with the first concrete proposals emerging in the early 1990s as part of Pardubice’s cycling master plan at the time. This plan included infrastructure on 17th November Street as a priority for the first phase of cycling measures implementation.
This is an adjusted ChatGPT translation of this article: https://mestemnakole.cz/2023/09/pardubice-vyznacily-cyklopruh-na-casti-ulice-17-listopadu/
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