tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post3584520209541354164..comments2023-12-28T03:36:52.452-06:00Comments on JBar Cycling: Changing Lanes: The Broadway Bridge ReplacementJBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10612290032138592894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-10261731655245880382012-09-16T21:25:03.644-05:002012-09-16T21:25:03.644-05:00This bridge will serve the city for many decades t...This bridge will serve the city for many decades to come. It is short-sighted to ignore the opportunity to create a viable bike-ped transportation artery in downtown. It is likely a once-in-a-generation opportunity. While I don't mind riding the Main Street Bridges or Broadway at off-peak hours, riding either at rush-hour is something that I don't have the courage for. As for riding to the Clinton Park Bridge, few commuters, either drivers or cyclists, would choose to add 15-20 minutes to their daily drive. The AHTD is currently spending close to 40 million dollars of taxpayer money to ease the commute of those folks who choose to live in Conway and work in Little Rock. The cost of enhancing the Broadway Bridge design is roughly equal to 1 mile of interstate lane-widening, and unlike interstate highways, bike-ped ways seldom if ever need resurfacing or maintenance. JBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612290032138592894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-25725793051650960522012-09-12T22:51:06.157-05:002012-09-12T22:51:06.157-05:00i dont mind riding my bike any distance, especiall...i dont mind riding my bike any distance, especially the extra 1 mile from broadway bridge to clinton bridge. and i think driving the scott street bridge (main street bridge, actually) is a viable alternative to using Broadway bridge. the main street bridge is under utilized traffic-wise anyway.<br />maybe your assumption is based on your beliefs, not mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-11797935777481576322012-09-11T09:05:45.807-05:002012-09-11T09:05:45.807-05:00I live and work downtown and choose to bike to wor...I live and work downtown and choose to bike to work. <br /><br />Would there be a problem using your car to drive over the Scott Street bridge? Then we wouldn't even need a new bridge. That would save us alot of money and would allow for me to have a Broadway bike bridge with easy access to the places I need to go. But I'm assuming the answer is no to that question. <br /><br />The same rationale applies to bikes as it does to cars. Why would bicyclists want to travel a couple miles east, take the Clinton Bridge, and then travel a couple miles west to get back to original destination? <br /><br />Think about bikes as transportation, not just as recreation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-1250875778012172742012-09-10T22:58:11.892-05:002012-09-10T22:58:11.892-05:00we now have the clinton bridge to cross the river ...we now have the clinton bridge to cross the river downtown. is there a problem using this bridge to ride our bikes across the river? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com