Lincoln Radial Reuse Plan
to be topic of hearing
fin ne Lincoln City council will have
1 a public hearing Monday on
it the second half of the north
east Lincoln Radial Reuse Plan. The
plan calls for residential and indus
trial development, and a linear park
bikeway to extend from the intersect
ion of 27th and Fair streets to 20th and
Holdrege streets.
Construction began in June on the
first half of the bikeway, which extends
northwest from 27th and Fair streets
to 43th and Fremont streets.
The Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Com
mittee gave preliminary approval Tues
day to plans for the second half of the
bikeway, according to Than Jones, city
transportation planner. The Commit
tee will review more detailed design
plans before giving final approval,
Jones said.
Dallas McGee, planner with the
city urban development depart
ment, said construction on the
first half of the bike path is cn sche
dule. That part of the project is sche
duled to be completed October 15.
According to Larry Chiat, develop
ment coordinator for the project, the
bikeway will be 8 feet wide, and will
pass through several mini-parks and
the existing UPCO Park at 40th and
Adams streets. It will serve both com
muters and recreation users.
Funding, which has come mostly
from the federal government, is a major
question, he said. Other unresolved
issues include the involvement of the
university, a possible Holdrege Street
bypass and a possible widening of Hol
drege street, Jones said.
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Lincoln cyclists may have more bikeways to trek soon.
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higher-than-usual number of
bicycle thefts have been reoort-
2a ed during the last, twn mnnth.
according to UNL crime prevention
officer Bob Fey.
Fey attributes the increased number
of stolen bicycles to three causes. One
is availability. UNL is a shopping cen
ter for bike thieves, he said. Another is
the economy. Rising prices for bicycles
result in increased property theft, he
said.
The third cause for higher number
of stolen bicycles maybe the increased
amount of free time available to juve
niles during summer months, Fey said.
Bicycle thefts on campus generally
have not increased over the last five
years, Fey said, because an increase
one year is usually offset by a decrease
another year.
Fey recommends three safety mea
sure to bike owners to prevent theft.
Bicycle registration is the most impor
tant measure, he said, because regis
tered bikes are less likely to be stolen
and more likely to be recovered. Most
stolen bikes are unregistered, Fey said.
Bike registration is also a city traffic
ordinace and provides proof of owner
ship, he said.
Fey also recommended that bike
owners not leave a bicycle in a specific
location too often for long time peri
ods, because thieves can become famil
iar with it.
Tocking a bicycle securely to a
. bike rack is the last measure,
he said. lie recommends u-shap-ed
maximum security locks or large,
thick chains. Owners should secure
the frame and both wheels if possible,
he said.
"We find cables are not doing the
job," Fey said. More than half of the
bikes stolen on campus were taken by
cutting cables, he said.
Students need to be reminded that
bicycles locked to trees or ramps or
stored in hallways are illegal, he said. .
They can be removed by authorities,
Fey said.
If a bicycle is stolen, it is important
to report the theft, Fey said. Although
few bikes are recovered, recovery
chances are much greater when the
thefts are reported promptly especial
ly since some bicycles are disposed of
shortly after their theft. '
UNL police currently are holding a
very expensive unregisterd bicycle
which was not reported stolen and is
yet unclaimed, Fey said.
Bicycles not claimed within 60 days
from the university or city police depart
ments are sold at auctions, Fey said,
with proceeds going to the city.
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Despite heavy summer bicycle traf
fic on City and East campuses, no
cycling accidents have been reported
at either place this summer, according
to the UNL Police Department.
And according to Than Jones, city
transportation planner, neither of the
campuses is the most hazardous place
for cycling in Lincoln.
The most dangerous places are where
bike paths intersect with busy streets,
Jones said. Every bike accident is dia
grammed by location and reported to
the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Commit
tee, he said.
Bike riders interviewed on campus
report taking no special safety precau
tions other than slowing down in heavy
traffic and being especially sensitive to
surroundings.
UNL junior Susan Al-Eid said she
takes no safety precautions other than
locking her bike and slowing down
when streets or sidewalks are crowded.
She said she registered her bicycle
because she feels it is important to
obey laws and also because stolen
bikes are easier to locate when regis
tered. Al-Eid said she chooses riding a
bike to campus over riding the bus.
Mike McCann, a UNL junior, said he
is extra careful in heavy traffic, "espe
cially going down the street people
pull out in front of you," he said. .
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