Medford removing controversial bike lanes on Main Street
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The Medford City Council voted this week to abandon its controversial bike lanes on Main Street, just three years after installing them.

In 2023, the city reduced the street from three lanes to two and installed protected two-way bike lanes with a state grant intended to improve bike safety. The project cost almost half a million dollars.

Counts of bicycle traffic since the bike lanes were installed showed that traffic increased sixfold. Engineers also didn’t find any major congestion issues with automobiles after the revamp.

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  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    20 days ago

    The city’s aggressive changes will cost it $1 million, including returning the grant to the state.

    charge interest too. directly to all the cagers for their little petroleum chariot permits and downtown parking places.