bike lanes

In a letter published on the District 17 email list, Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors President Tracy Patterson writes that the neighborhood association has been trying to persuade Metro Public Works for over a year and a half to employ a traffic management program to slow down speeders, enhance pedestrian safety, and guard the bike lanes on Belmont Boule

"Commuters in Northern Europe have been lured out of their cars by bike lanes, secure bike parking and easy access to mass transportation."

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Freddie O’Connell, with a heads up play, gets bike lanes on Rosa Parks Boulevard:

A few days ago, Freddie O'Connell let the Salemtown neighborhood association know that, with new paving of Rosa Parks Boulevard, there was a failure to install bike lanes, but he wrote that the problem should be solved by the end of the month.

Here's Freddie's account on from the Salemtown email list:

Winston from Nobody Asked wrote recently of scooters and bicycles in this age of rising gas prices. His roomie bought a bicycle and he,Winston, like me, really, really wants to buy a scooter.

By SUZANNE NORMAND BLACKWOOD | • sblackwood@tennessean.com | 259-8268 • February 29, 2008

Tom Root, who lives near the Ellington Agricultural Center, said he realizes that now that he's getting older, he needs to exercise more.

Sometimes, he walks to the store. He also has a bicycle for himself and one that he and his wife, Glenda, can ride together.

"I'm not an exercise nut," he said. But, he added, if there were a bike

Submitted by KATIE YOUNG • McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations • February 13, 2008

A series of community meetings will be held to update the public on the Strategic Plan for Sidewalks and Bikeways for Davidson County and to solicit input from the community.

Among the meetings will be one for Zone 5, which will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at Glencliff Elementary School, 120 Antioch Pike.