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Bike lanes are getting bigger in Denver — and drivers will need to get used to it

New bike-safety lanes and improvements sometimes meet neighborhood resistance over parking, aesthetics

Cyclists travel through the new intersection design at Seventh Avenue and Williams Street, where the Seventh Avenue Parkway median ends adjacent to Little Cheesman Park. Cyclists may continue west on Seventh but motorists are forced to turn right or left. Neighorhood residents have complained about the project. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Cyclists travel through the new intersection design at Seventh Avenue and Williams Street, where the Seventh Avenue Parkway median ends adjacent to Little Cheesman Park. Cyclists may continue west on Seventh but motorists are forced to turn right or left. Neighorhood residents have complained about the project. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - JANUARY 13 : Denver Post's John Meyer on Monday, January 13, 2014. (Photo By Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
By | jmeyer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Projects like these have proliferated across Denver since 2018 when the city pledged to add 125 miles of bikes lanes in the city. Motorists may grumble when new lanes appear, and homeowners may grouse when they lose parking in their neighborhoods, but city and state officials are determined to encourage more people to leave their cars at home and commute under their own power.
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