Planned bike lane on new one-way street divides residents downtown

Work is beginning downtown this spring on a two-way bicycling track separated from traffic by a physical barrier.

But the plans to turn 7th Street S.W. into a one-way street to make way for it are still dividing the public.

The two-way cycle track on 7th Street S.W. — between 8th Avenue and the Bow River pathway — is expected to be ready by July.

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Public brainstorming session planned for Whyte Ave bike route

What would you change to make Whyte Avenue safer for cyclists, pedestrians and transit riders?

The Edmonton Bicycle Commuters, the Old Strathcona business association and community league created a focus group on that question after 21-year-old Isaac Kornelsen was killed on Whyte Avenue in August. They’re holding a public brainstorming session Nov. 8 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Old Strathcona Community League Hall.

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