Remove bike lanes and fix River Street bridge
Resident asks to remove bike lanes in congested neighborhoods and repair or replace the River Street/Hyde Park Avenue bridge, citing long car travel times between Hyde Park and Roxbury.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Use the money to take out the bike lanes that were put inn congested communities. You've added tons of housing that bring more people/cars. AND took away the roads to travel throughout the city. 2)FIX or tear down the bridge on Rivert street./Hp ave
Who it helps and why
Socially it takes over an hour to get from hyde park to Roxbury via car. Fix the bridge on River Street and Hyde park Ave it take 1/2 hiur to get from Truman park to Dana ave. Terrible inconvenience especially when school is in session.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 16, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Streets & Sidewalks
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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