- July 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Photo by Andrew Bowen
Above: A cyclist rides down new protected bike lanes on 30th Street in North Park, July 23, 2021.
After more than two years of sometimes raucous debate between cyclists and business owners, the protected bike lanes on 30th Street in North Park are near completion.
Previously, 30th Street was only for the bravest of cyclists — those willing to share a lane on a busy corridor with sometimes hostile motorists. Now cyclists have their own lane with a painted buffer zone, plastic poles and in some areas a line of parked cars shielding them from traffic.
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Marissa Tucker-Borquez, a North Park resident and member of the volunteer North Park Planning Committee, said the difference has been like night and day.
“It’s so relaxing, and I really feel like I could ride forever,” Tucker-Borquez said of the new bike…
