16-Mile Bike Lane Connects Detroit Neighborhoods
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Published: October 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM ET
A series of bike lanes stretching 16 miles and connecting three
neighborhoods has joined Detroit's popular RiverWalk and Dequindre Cut
to make parts of the city more accessible to bicyclists.
The Greenlink project allows riders to travel more safely through parts
of Southwest Detroit and the Corktown and Mexicantown neighborhoods.
It also is the first large scale segment of the city's Urban
Non-motorized Transportation Master Plan to be completed, said Scott
Clein, executive vice president of Giffels-Webster, the civil
engineering and surveying consulting firm on the project.
"Detroit has a strong bicycle community and there are a lot of bikers in
this region," Clein said. "You've got flat streets and the spirit of
freedom to go wherever you want."
The project connects the Southwest Detroit Greenway using West Vernor Highway with bike lanes and signed roadways.
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