More great coverage of July 3, 2014 protected bike lanes press conference

Another great story from today’s historic announcement.

By Robert Zullo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh’s first-ever protected, two-way bike lanes will be finished by Labor Day, including a segment Downtown that will make Penn Avenue inbound only for vehicles, city officials said at a news conference today.

The first phase of the initiative, which will also install the lanes from Schenley Plaza to Anderson Playground in Schenley Park and along Saline Street between Greenfield Avenue and Swinburne Street, has been a long time coming for the city’s cycling community, Mayor Bill Peduto said.

“You’ve been the ones who have been advocating for years, knowing Pittsburgh has the infrastructure to be able to build out a cycling infrastructure as we build out our streets and development,” Mr. Peduto said, crediting Bike Pittsburgh, a nonprofit that aims to make Pittsburgh safer and more accessible for bicycles, with laying the framework for a citywide cycling system. “Today we start on that journey with you. … Today we put the money and the infrastructure behind it to get it started.”

Click here to read the full Post-Gazette article and to see the official maps of the lanes.

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