The Downtown Concord Corridors Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project is set to begin on Monday, March 13.
The project includes various pedestrian and bicycle safety and aesthetic improvements throughout the downtown area. More and more people are starting to ride mountain bikes and e-bikes. Owners of these bikes will appreciate any initiative that will improve bikers’ safety.
The project is anticipated to be completed by October 2023, while work adjacent to Todos Santos Plaza is anticipated to be completed by end of April, weather permitting.
Project improvements will accommodate bike lanes in both directions on Grant Street, which requires the removal of six parking spaces on the plaza side of Grant St. between Salvio St. and Willow Pass Rd.
In addition, the sidewalk on the Salvio Pacheco Square side of Salvio St. will be widened, which requires the removal of all parking spots on the business side of Salvio St. between Mt. Diablo St and Grant St.
Oak St will also be repaved, with bicycle improvements to follow.
I have yet to see a bicyclist using those funky green strips meanwhile the potholes are getting larger – total waste of money
This is ridiculous, Concord streets where this is going on are too crowded and this will put bicyclist and pedestrians in even more danger.
Bicyclists and vehicles do not mix well on crowded streets and pedestrians are just moving targets.
There should be room for everyone. Anyone who have been to Amsterdam or Copenhagen can observe how bikes and cars mix. However, l don’t see that happening here, not enough people riding bikes, and motorist are not very sympathetic towards bike riders. Having said that l see bicyclist not being very respectful of vehicles. The other day when l was driving on Center Blvd in Martinez, there was a bike rider in the middle of the street. I’m Europe there are a strict rules for bicyclists. They have to hand signal when they want to turn, and when they want to stop. They also can’t be decide which side of the road the want to ride on.
“However, l don’t see that happening here, not enough people riding bikes”
Cars cost 300% more in Denmark than the US, and the Netherlands is the most expensive European country for car ownership. Why? Taxes and gas.
Absolutely not a bad thing if it leads to more transit-oriented development and it’s not mandatory for people to have a car to get everywhere. Danes and Dutch are doing it right.
@Rollo Then of course there is also the different landscape and distances. Denmark and Holland are small countries with a mostly flat landscape. Althought the California climate is more conducive to riding a bike. However, growing up in Denmark I never thought about it, I rode my bike, in the snow, the rain, thurnderstorms, didn’t have much of a choice, and didn’t know any better. We live out in the country, and to even get to the train station you had to ride your bike close to 2 miles. Buses only ran 3 or 4 days a week. Even though cars are expensive in Denmark, most families have cars these days, even 2 cars, especially if the live in the country. Public transportation in Copenhagen other cities and surrounding areas are very good. Distances are much less then in the US, so smaller cars do fine. I don’t advocate the same for this country. When I go back home and my friends give me grief about big American cars I always stand up for the US. After some friends of mine visited here in California and other states, they understood, why Americans have bigger cars.
Who does this project benefit the homeless because I don’t see any people riding bikes around the main Post Office were there are already bike lanes. Taking away parking spaces from businesses and lanes is just creating more congestion. They need to fix the roads for the people that drive on them. There are a lot more people driving than riding bikes.
LOL, they have already Ruined Galindo/Monument & Cowell Rd intersection.
Just say NO to 15 minute cities, climate lockdowns and the world economic Unelected forum.
Why doesn’t the city take care of Willow Pass, Ygnacio Valley and Treat Blvd. first.These roads are destroying our cars.There priorities are messed up.
How important. Next step- free bikes for the homeless.
Fix the potholes!! I hit large ones every day driving around concord.
Is there a pothole hotline?
https://www.cityofconcord.org/559/Report-a-Problem
Pothole hotline is 925-671-3228
Fix the roads first…. then we are spending $$ to have fewer lanes and decreasing traffic flow when it is already a problem? Is anybody in charge of this ship? Who can stop this craziness?
Your local representatives, the feckless City Council, have bent over backwards to accommodate the cyclists.
Yet 90% of the time bike lanes are empty.
Now traffic is getting worse, there are less traffic lanes for cars and still the bike lanes are empty.
The City does not represent the people, only the minorities who scream the loudest.
The City Council is made up of very odd people who are more concerned about their own agenda rather than the welfare of the citizens.
Hmmm, sounds kinda like Government smh!
I understand the city wanting to encourage bicycle use. But I can’t park my bike when I arrive, it’ll be stolen.
If you can’t fix rampant theft in CA, cars, shoplifting, bikes, to name a few, then you undermine everything.
It is so bad, I don’t carry a bicycle lock. The bike comes in the store with me or I don’t frequent that store.
Joe