daily nebraskan
Wednesday, april 29, 1981
page 8
Lincoln bikers . . .
Continued from Page 7
Before 1973, there was little consider
ation for the bicycle when streets were
built, I laden said. How does this project
affect bicycles?
Dean Leitner, Lincoln chief of police,
was quoted in the Committee's pamphlet
as having said: "I consider bicycles to be
more important as a mode of transport
ation than as a recreational toy. The bi
cycle is an economical conveyance that has
a legal right to our streets within the
traffic system.'
While Brenneise sees the bicycle as an
alternative form of transportation, he
said it wont replace the car. Having to
run between two stores and a warehouse,
Brenneise is not ashamed to admit: "I
drive a BMW and I'm proud of it."
A great concern in creating an effective
bicycling environment is the bicyclist's
voice in city politics, according to Freder
ick L. Wolfe, a planner for the Denver
Planning Office. Wolfe's report was pub
iished in the preceedings of the Pedestrian-
Bicycle Planning and Design Seminar
which was held in San Francisco in 1972.
He adds that a well organized bicycle club
to coordinate rallies and to apply pressure
is needed.
The Mayor's Bicycling Committee,
which I laden coordinates, meets the last
Tuesday of the month. It reviews police
reports, plans for future improvements
and discusses transportation problems.
Darrel Brenneise regrets that the commit
tee does "very little" except act as a
sounding board for legislation.
"Nobody listens to the committee,"
Brenneise said, "It's just someplace to
throw rabble-rousers.''
Brenneise used to be a regular member
on the committee. He still attends some
of the meetings. He praised the committee
for its work in developing the Antelope
bikeway and for setting up bicycle stand
ards for Lincoln.
Despite money problems, there are
always plans for bike paths waiting in the
wings, in case some funding comes
through.
One plan was for a bike path to be built
along with the Northwest Radial. Haden
said the city owns the land even though
the Radial won't be constructed because
of its defeat in the April 7 election.
"The city can still use it for a bike
path," Haden said, but he added that
chances of that happening are very slim.
Any paths built from now on will most
likely be possible only because they're
hooked onto some major project, like the
radial, Haden said, as a companion proj
ect. Another area of town being considered
as a site for a bike path is the UNL East
Campus.
"There's a pretty good route already
available," Haden said. Students have worn
a path walking beside the Plant Science
Building.
There are plans to have the brick side
walk in that area widened and paved to
make the surface smoother. There is a
need to separate bikeway and walkway
to relieve congestion during the time
between classes, Haden said.
"The university's priorities are not on
bike paths but on education," Haden said.
Building of the path must wait for more
funds. For Haden and others in the city's
planning department, each year gets
tighter and tighter.
But despite the need and the wish
for better places to ride, cycling Lincoln
ites should consider themselves lucky to
have such an optimal city in which to
ride.
On a scale from one to 10, Brenneise
rated Lincoln's potential about an 8M.
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