“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”

“No more bike lines, especially in the strip district”

“Please do no ruin the strip!!!!!”

“Terrible idea. This needs to be scrapped.”

“This is a terrible and unjust idea. Scrap it.”

“I work downtown and I am a frequent Strip shopper. I oppose this plan. Bike lanes are incredibly underutilized in Pittsburgh due in part to the demographics (elderly, out of shape) and the weather (pretty bad almost always). While it would be nice to pretend that Pittsburgh is a groovy city that embraces bike lanes, and that folks will all of a sudden use them, we know that’s not true, eyeballing how little the existing lanes are used, and the Strip certainly is simply not conducive to bike traffic, given that people are shopping and carting off big bags of purchases. Yes, traffic is tight but making a single lane will exacerbate the problem. Please reconsider.”

“If it's not broken don't fix it!! Leave the Strip alone!!”

“I've been coming to the Strip since I was 6 years old, food shopping on Saturday morning with my dad. Now I am proud to work in the strip. The proposed change would kill off a lot of businesses that are already seeing change due to gentrification. This change would add way too much traffic to the area and its just not needed. Commuters to the office buildings in the Strip deal with enough traffic just to get here we don't want to sit in traffic just to get out of the Strip.”

“This change is terrible for the businesses, motorists, first responders, fire equipment,
all for a bike lane. Really?”

“Safety should remain paramount, I.m concerned of the access for emergency vehicles.”

“I live 20 minutes away and work 5 minutes love visiting it. I grew up going the strip district and I’d hate to see it hurt.”

“This will make the strip more dangerous for pedestrians. The way traffic is configured currently is perfect. If it ain't broke, don't "try" to fix it.”

“Would it not make more SENSE to reroute the bikers!!!!!!”

“The Strip is already bad for traffic. This will make it impossible and will likely result in us not coming to the Strip often which would be heartbreaking since it's one of our favorite places nearby to shop.. Our city doesn't have enough bike commuters year round for this to make sense. The number of cars to bikes is extremely disproportionate.”