“I feel that any changes made to Penn Ave in The Strip will have the same effect as making Penn Circle in East Liberty – it DESTROYED East Liberty. The Strip is a very fragile area in Pittsburgh, a unique area that still coveys a bygone era with old world charm and needs to be protected at all costs. The Smallman St. side is nothing like it was even 10 years ago-its "Strip" character is gone. I pray that this does not happen, ever, on Penn Ave. Modern is not always better. Bike lanes to me are not important enough to destroy a historical neighborhood, the businesses and very fabric of those who have given their lives working in the Strip.
Shoppers in the Strip truly revere it as it is and has been.
Please, leave the Strip alone.”

“This crazy plan will destroy our very cherished Strip district. You people are destroying the city and livelihoods. There are plenty of other streets for bike riders who apparently cannot ride their bikes properly. You have set up this mess. Daily, I watch bike riders weave in and out of traffic, go through red lights and perform many dangerous maneuvers. Why don’t you support your tax paying Citizens. Shame on you.”

“It is absolutely foolish to design a street without consideration to emergency vehicles or the needs of the businesses on the strip purely to make it "safer". Has the same amount of time and funding examined the source of these accidents and injuries?”

“Let the bikers go bike on small men Street where there’s a lot more room. The strip is one of our treasures and I always take visitors there. If they reduce the lanes to one lane no one‘s ever going to go there. Maybe the city should take care of roads and infrastructure instead of screwing up the strip district”

“DOMI will kill small business if you let them.”

“Preserve the Strip. I only go there on a weekend and early mornings just because it is already horrible there with traffic and parking, Gainey's proposed plan will make it 10000 WORSE!!!!! Do not let Gainey's woke and progressive agenda to destroy Pittsburgh's legacy in a sake of so called safety. I walk there a lot and never felt in danger, cars do stop to let pedestrians cross, and idiot drivers… they will remain idiots regardless of whatever measures you put. you cant fix stupid, but you can make them accountable by putting law and traffic enforcement officers there on busy times. Create jobs and support businesses, instead of eliminate them.”

“Bike rider here, it's perfectly safe the way it is, stay in the right lane traffic moves slow. These is a terrible idea will make it worse for everyone.”

“Making Penn Ave one lane would be disatrous for all businesses in the Strip as well as those trying to visit and shop.

To reduce speeding why not put speed humps? I feel like the city does everything it can to make the Strip harder to access for visitors and those of us that have businesses here.”

“One lane will back up traffic so much that it will make arriving on time impossible for appointments in The Strip. It will deter me from coming there for shops and services because of even more congestion. Please don’t do it!”

“This would make visiting the strip a less enjoyable experience.”

“The change would ruin the The Strip. Even though it is congested that is what makes the strip the strip. All different kinds of people and food. Please leave it as is. It's an ICON”

“This will not be safe for first responders”

I would rarely go down the strip anymore. I see traffic that's slow as it is already there. The so called DOMI is ruining the city with no turn on reds everywhere when all you do is back up traffic and then talk about helping the environment, lol. Give me a break. Downtown has become insanely long to get from one side to the other wit all timed traffic signals that aren't even in sequence. I pay taxes and registration every year for my car and the clowns are mire worried about bikes, smh. That’s all we ever hear bikes, bikes, bikes, put the bike lane on Smallman then. What clowns we have running this city and I sure as hell wont travel to the strip if traffic is bumper to bumper traffic.

“I have already seen how changes made to the roads have made vehicle traffic the final consideration in places close to where I live in East Liberty (on Euclid Ave. where they have squeezed into what was once a wide road two bike lanes and parking for cars, with hardly enough room for two way traffic as the final consideration).

The city needs to rethink the redesign of these roads. I am all for safety, but the approach the city has taken in many locations is inadequate.”

“There are already bike lanes on smallman. Why do they need to be everywhere? Taking a bike on smallman would get you safely to the same places.”

“What I Believe Y'all Fail To Fully and Completely Understand is Pittsburgh doesn't have multi lane streets wide enough to do what other states do.. Y'all don't understand the complexity of traffic when one thing goes wrong in any given area. Also we have bridges everywhere, thus you can't just go into multi lanes without there being enough room as is.. please stop doing what doesn't work for the collective population..”

“There are already enough bike lanes. It's 5 mph, bikers should be able to drive with traffic at that speed. Nobody wants a bike lane there. It's unnecessary. Plus they have no respect for people who are walking. They still need to stop at lights and intersections but with bike lanes they seem to think they can just zoom.
There is no way that emergency vehicles would be able to respond in a timely manner, if at all. Those are older buildings and receive lots of visitors, if there were an emergency it is important that first responders are able to access the area quickly.
If you want to do something for the bikers make, do like Detroit, where they have pedestrian and bike over passes that cross over the traffic instead of across the roads.
Also, I know I wouldn't want to deal with all that traffic in one lane for the weekend. I'd be more likely to go somewhere in the north or avoid it altogether.”

“I’m sick of bike lane scars around city!

Bike riders can become rude to motorists in some cases they have actually punched my car when they became angry!

You do this and I PERSONALLY WILL NEVER VISIT THE STRIP!!!”

“This would make visiting the strip district unbearable. This would definitely make me not visit nearly as much.”

“I don’t know who came up with this ridiculous plan. Logic will tell you that this will be a complete cluster mess up. The bike lanes have created chaos throughout the city. Our streets are narrow enough without having to worry about bikers who do not follow the rules.”

“This will ABSOLUTELY kill the business in the Strip!!
Leave things ALONE”

“I understand the want to improve safety and traffic, but this is absolutely not taking into account the needs of the business OR visitors. A method that works in one city will not always work in another, and ignoring the habits and needs of the people who populate the area will work against the businesses there. The Strip District is such a beloved area of Pittsburgh that is slowly being eroded by big chain businesses, and this would just further people’s frustrations.”

“Quit trying to gentrify everything”

“I avoid Penn Ave DT since they changed that to accommodate bikes. I parked outside that zone and walk to theater and other DT events. Wonder what the stats are for the number of bikes compared to cars travel those 9 blocks per day? Emergency/first responders access? Passengers exit car into a bike lane, and we parallel park into a bike lane? Nuts! Lots of Bikers don't obey traffic rules now. Weaving thru traffic, riding up the passenger side of traffic to get ahead. Shutter to think how they're going to stop for pedestrians crossing a bike lane to get into a store or onto the sidewalk.”

“I’ve been visiting the Strip for 50 years and appreciate the history and legacy of the businesses there. The traffic lights need an upgrade with better pedestrian signals, but it would be terrible to restrict Penn Ave to one lane”