Charlie Dawson rides his bike on the 500 block of NP Avenue on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, in Fargo. FARGO — Bike enthusiasts braved the snow to learn about and discuss the bike way infrastructure in the metro.
Questions from the packed audience ranged from road safety improvements to how the cities incentivize bike travel, while Metropolitan Council of Governments’ Dan Farnsworth kicked off the evening with an overview of the current bike system and a look at what’s to come. Dan Farnsworth, transportation planner for the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments, speaks about bicycle and pedestrian issues and integrating those elements into city design on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at the Downtown Fargo Public Library. Farnsworth is also the chair of the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee. The Tuesday, Nov. 19, event was hosted by the newly formed Strong Towns Fargo, which is the local branch of a national organization that pushes for policies that support sustainable city development and safety through walkable and bikeable street design.
Shared use paths scrawl across the entire metro area, Farnsworth said, with more than 200 miles running alongside roadways and the Red River.
There are an additional 11 miles of shared lane markings — which indicate that cars are meant to share the roadway with bikes — as well as 14 miles of conventional bike lanes butted up next to vehicle lanes and four miles of buffered bike lanes that have two white lines between the bike lane and the road.
There is still […]
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