{"id":4433,"date":"2014-01-22T23:05:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:05:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:54","slug":"bike-lanes-on-havana-look-to-remedy-overwhelming-cycle-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4433","title":{"rendered":"Bike Lanes on Havana Look to Remedy Overwhelming Cycle Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bike-Lanes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bike-Lanes-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bike-Lanes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4462\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/eastbridge-residents-sign-will-remain-after-havana-becomes-through-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Havana St.<\/a> in Stapleton has had many issues over the years.  One way signs were often ignored and before it became a <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/aurorans-believe-havana-can-become-great-%E2%80%9Cget-a-way-street%E2%80%9D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through-street<\/a>, Aurorans still attempted to use it as one.  Then of course, there are all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/construction-cones-on-havana-st-exit-gain-historic-landmark-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction issues<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/art-outside-jail-makes-residents-forget-jail-exists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jail<\/a>.  The most recent issue may have been solved, however.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/gaining-grocer-in-eastbridge-town-center-size-able-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eastbridge<\/a> residents were concerned about the potential traffic increase, specifically that of Aurorans flying through the pristine Eastbridge neighborhood to get to Aurora.  That issue never did come to fruition, however.  The problem that did surface was even greater.  \u201cWhat we saw was an incredible increase in bike traffic,\u201d said Havana St. resident Dave Battenfield.  \u201cIt almost seemed like there were less cars, maybe because they weren\u2019t turning around and coming back the other direction.  But the bike traffic became too much to bear.  It wasn\u2019t safe with all the kids in the neighborhood.\u201d\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/forest-city-required-to-increase-font-size-on-architectural-disclaimers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forest City<\/a> and the City of Denver listened to the local residents, and made a significant change.  \u201cWe realized there was way too much road,\u201d said Denver Traffic Engineer Liam O\u2019Hara.  \u201cThere weren\u2019t enough cars to warrant a two lane road.  However, the bike traffic on Havana was overwhelming, so we looked to solve that problem.\u201d  Engineers decided to keep the two parking areas in front of the homes, reduce the vehicle lane down to one, and create two bike lanes.  \u201cWe have already noticed a big change in the bike traffic flow,\u201d said Battenfield.  \u201cThis road is much safer now.\u201d  For now, residents seem happy with the solution.  \u201cThe bike traffic flow definitely seems better,\u201d said Battenfield.  \u201cBut the real test will be in the spring when biking kind of picks up again.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-72","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}