BIKE: Fort Worth

[Andrew Wimsatt]

On Apr 16, 2004, at 8:25 AM, Mike Dahmus wrote:

> In order to make this an honest figure, I'd be curious to know how  
> much of this MPO-directed sidewalk spending is on state highways which  
> didn't previously have sidewalks.

None.  See:

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/insdtdot/orgchart/cmd/cserve/let/2004/ 
letftw.htm

On Apr 16, 2004, at 6:54 PM, David Dobbs wrote:

> While the CBD center emphasizes pedestrians and has a fairly balanced  
> car-control environment, the southern edge of downtown where it meets  
> IH 30 is a mess because it totally ignores pedestrians, cyclists, and  
> urban rail.  (The terminus of the Trinity Railway Express commuter  
> train between Dallas and Fort Worth is at the historic Texas & Pacific  
> Railway Terminal  on Lancaster.)
>

Lancaster Avenue and some of the cross streets are to be reconstructed  
and made more pedestrian/bicycle friendly, (the old old IH 30 overhead  
structure that was located in the median of Lancaster has been  
demolished).

Andrew
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