As a result of this Transforming Our Community’s Health (TOUCH) Initiative, Broward’s 31 municipalities soon will have the tools necessary to design streets that balance all modes of transportation.
Glendale’s first road diet has hit the brakes for now as the City Council on Tuesday backed off of slimming down a one-mile stretch of North Glendale road that was set to gain two designated bike paths later this month.
The city has tabled a so-called road diet that would cut one lane in each direction, add a center turn lane and two bike lanes to Honolulu Avenue between Ramsdell and Sunset avenues (map here) due to heavy neighborhood opposition. …
Councilman Dave Weaver was the only council member who voted against postponing the road diet, as he’s opposed it from the beginning. “Our streets were designed for automobiles, not bicycles,” he said.
