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ADVOCATES ARE
PUSHING
BURLINGTON
MAYOR MIRO
WEINBERGER TO
GET BEHIND A
PLAN TO MAKE
BUSY NORTH
AVENUE MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO
CYCLING. WPTZ'S
RACHEL KARCZ
HAS THE STORY.
THE MEMBERS OF
BIKEABLE
BURLINGTON
NOW MADE WHAT
THEY CALLED A
BIKE TRAIN ON
NORTH AVENUE
WEDNESDAY
MORNING. ALONG
THE WAY THEY
STOPPED AT THE
BAGEL CAFE TO
MEET MAYOR
MIRO
WEINBERGER
AND SHOW
SUPPORT FOR
CHANGES
PROPOSED IN
THE NORTH
AVENUE
CORRIDOR
STUDY.
NATS?
THE STUDY
LOOKS TO MAKE
THE STRETCH OF
ROAD MORE
FRIENDLY FOR
BIKERS AND
PEDESTRIANS.
it's really looking at
making North
Avenue accessible
to all modes of
transportation,
equally. Pedestrian,
bicycle and motor
vehicle.
SOME...BIKING IS
THE PREFERRED
WAY THEY GET
AROUND.
I had a recent brain
injury. Less than a
year ago, I returned
to Burlington and I
was dependent on
the bike community
and the trails that
we have around to
get from here to
there.
COUNCIL
MEMBER TOM
AYERS SAYS
CERTAIN
STRETCHES OF
THE AVENUE HAVE
HIGHER THAN
AVERAGE
ACCIDENT RATES.
THE STUDY
SUGGESTS
VARIOUS
IMPROVEMENTS
THAT COULD BE
MADE TO THE
ROAD OVER MANY
YEARS. MAYOR
WEINBERGER
SAYS IT HAS
SPARKED A LOT
OF IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS.
there's certainly
been a large debate
and continues to be
a debate about this
idea of going from
four lanes to three
and really this
section of North
Avenue from here
down to route 127
to have a turn lane
in the middle and
have bike lanes. It's
similar to what's
happened on
Colchester Avenue
and Williston road.
WEINBERGER
SAYS THERE'S
BEEN SUPPORT
OF SIMILAR
CHANGES IN
OTHER PARTS OF
THE CITY AND IF
APPROVED HERE
THE PUBLIC WILL
STAR SEEING
CHANGES AS
EARLY AS NEXT
SPRING.
LATER ON, MORE
SPEED HUMPS