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Akron Tests New Bike Lane On Exchange Street

Ideastream Public Media | By Tyler Thompson
Published August 17, 2018 at 6:50 PM EDT
Bicyclists have a new lane to try out Exchange Street by the University of Akron.
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Bicyclists have a new lane to try out Exchange Street by the University of Akron.

The city of Akron is testing a new bike lane on Exchange Street to make traveling safer for bikers and pedestrians.  

The temporary bike lane is in front of the University of Akron’s residence halls on Exchange.

Darryl Kleinhenz, a planner with the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study, said the lane’s use will be monitored and then it will be decided if the land will become a permanent.

“The idea and the goal of this whole concept is to slow down traffic through that corridor just to a point where maybe students feel more safer,” he said.

Kleinhenz said the lanes are marked with bright green paint and a beige painted buffer lane.

Visitors are welcome to test the lane Friday during a Bike Party Celebration from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.

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Tyler Thompson
Tyler Thompson was a reporter and on-air host for 89.7 NPR News. Thompson, originally from northeast Ohio, has spent the last three years working as a Morning Edition host and reporter at NPR member station KDLG Public Radio and reporter at the Bristol Bay Times Newspaper in Dillingham, Alaska.
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