A different type of bike lane that changes the rules for both cyclists and drivers has been installed on a three-block portion of Massachusetts Street. The new bike lanes are wider and more visible than existing bike lanes throughout the city. They also include signage that restricts vehicles from turning right on a red light, as well as a new feature that a city diagram says is intended to make cyclists more ...
City leaders could soon be considering whether panhandling is becoming a problem downtown and whether the city should do anything about it. At the Lawrence City Commission meeting Tuesday, Downtown Lawrence Inc. Executive Director Sally Zogry asked the city to create a stricter ordinance to restrict panhandling downtown. Zogry said that in the last several years, she’s heard from downtown business owners and ...
City leaders will soon consider whether staff at bars and other businesses that serve alcohol should be trained to recognize and intervene in situations involving sexual harassment and assault. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received a presentation from city legal staff regarding a potential requirement that drinking establishments receive SafeBar sexual violence and bystander ...
At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission directed planners to begin drafting changes to city code to allow for more affordable housing options, including dividing existing residential lots to build smaller homes. As part of its consent agenda, the commission unanimously approved initiating a city code amendment process for affordable housing. Specifically, commissioners approved a request from ...
Designers will soon begin drafting plans to convert two residential streets into Lawrence’s first bike boulevards. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve a $119,595 contract with Alta Planning + Design, with CFS Engineers as a subconsultant, for the design of two bike boulevards. The design cost represents 25 percent of the $467,000 project cost, but city staff ...
The design of Lawrence’s first bike boulevards could soon be underway, and the city wants residents to have a say in exactly what the boulevards will look like. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider awarding an approximately $120,000 design contract for two bike boulevards: one for a portion of 13th Street and the other for a portion of 21st Street. Because they will be ...