Expand road diets citywide
The resident asks for road diets across the city, saying Black and brown neighborhoods are left out of bike lane and Vision Zero efforts.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Road diet for all
Who it helps and why
Look at a heat map of biking in the city or bike lane density and you’ll see that our black and brown neighbors are being left out of the city’s road diet and overall plan to reach vision zero. While Josh Kraft wants to return to 4 lane roads running down streets where our kids play and our grandmothers wait for the bus, it would be nice for our current administration to double down on original campaign promises.
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 15, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Streets & Sidewalks
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
- Themes
- Pedestrian & bike safety
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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