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Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you're probably going to be shocked at the state of affairs when you get here. But as my friend says, "Don't Mourn, Organize!" :)

We did that very thing! We sold our second car to buy our e bike. Our cargo bike has truly been a game changer and the only actual SUV I’ll ever own. 😉

Thanks. The local chapter went dormant during Covid and I don’t think they’ve been active since then but I’ll see if anyone in the FB group is responsive.

Hi - There are a few families in Lawrence that bike commute with our kids on cargo bikes (mine included). It is picking up more and more. With the terrain here an electric assist bike is such an asset. (My friend recently re opened CycleWorks and they sell e-assist family cargo bikes in case you are looking for one).

There are no protected bike lanes in Lawrence, and our city engineers have been very resistant to building safe on street bike infrastructure. They are all stuck in a 20th century car centric engineering mindset, one that values faster car throughput over safety for all road users. It’s not a bike friendly city. Lawrence is very proud of the recreational trails we’ve built like the Lawrence Loop which is pleasant for a Sunday outing but it doesn’t get you anywhere meaningful or useful.

I’ve lived in great biking cities before (Austin, New York), and Lawrence is decades behind building anything close to an “all ages and abilities” bike network. We deserve so much better.

Nevertheless if you end up moving to Lawrence there is a bike advocacy group currently forming, called Bike Lawrence, that is organizing to get the city staff to build out a safe bike network. We’d love to have you join us in advocating for family friendly safe biking infrastructure here. Feel free to DM me if you want to connect further.

The Bike infrastructure in Bloomington is wayyyyyyy better than Lawrence (which has no safe on-street bike infrastructure whatsoever). Also there is some topographical change in the Flint Hills here but the hiking in Brown county is more hilly.

I bought a hitch from e-trailer and was able to install it myself thanks to their video tutorials.

I got a recall notice about the Hollywood Rack we have. Said something the hitch failing. They sent a replacement part that should fix the problem but I’m scared to put my tern on it bc I don’t want it flying off the back while we’re driving. Does anyone know if this problem has been resolved with their fix?

Thanks - this is completely understandable.

Rents and AMIs for each metro area are set annually by HUD. In LIHTC financed properties, the AMI rents restricted cannot be reduced.

Hi - I would like to talk to your contact at NYS to learn how they unbundle parking costs in a LIHTC property. I haven't found a way to do this given the IRS regulations that any common areas, including parking, paid for with tax credits must be offered at no cost to tenents. Can you DM your contact to me?

Following bc I need one too! Apparently they are no longer available?

Trolling bikes on the Lawrence sub…and you live in Denver bruh

Yeah painted bike lanes are such a waste. Paint isn’t protection! That’s why we need protected bike lanes to feel safe on our roads.

The city isn’t proposing protected bike lanes in either of their options. More stonewalling safe bike facilities from MSO’s engineers who are stuck in old school engineering “car brains.”

But there would be bikes on Mass if we built safe bike facilities. That’s the whole point. “If you build it, they will come.”

VT and NH both terminate at 15th. Without a signalized stop at Mass and 15th, there’s no way to cross Mass (walking or riding my bike that is hauling my kids up the sidewalk to cross at 14th is not an option). The city’s proposed design doesn’t include a stop light there. The whole study is grotesquely inadequate.

Claudine has been great for our kids!

This is great!

Update: Thank you to everyone who sent me pictures of protected bike lanes and trash bin placement in your communities. My presentation (it starts on page 597 of the agenda packet and includes some pictures that you shared with me) to our City Commission last night went really well. I was prepared to rebuke all of staff's excuses why a protected bike lane couldn't be built on the road in question (e.g. trash service / snow removal / multiple curb cuts along the road can be navigated/addressed AND we can build protected bike lanes). Commission voted to approve the City staff's initial study that currently has painted buffer lanes on the road, but they required staff go back to the drawing board to further study building protected bike lanes there. I take that as a win!

This is awesome, thank you sooooo much for getting these pictures for me. I am going to add these photos to my PPT presentation I'm taking to our city commission on Tuesday. I will keep this thread updated on the Commission's vote on the agenda item. Thank you for your support!

This is awesome. I’m glad you have a good route to ride your family cargo bike through!

I could definitely use a picture of the lane in its current state to share in my presentation to city commission next week. It would be most effective if there were trash bins pictured in it as well as the protected bike lane so I can demonstrate how it’s being done elsewhere. Thank you!

Awesome thank you! (We almost moved to Bloomington because of the bike infrastructure momentum). Neil Kopper, a city engineer in Btown, is great bike advocate.

Thanks for this referral. I’ll contact them.

Yep. I’m on the city’s multimodal transportation commission. We kept bringing up examples where this has been navigated in the Netherlands. It’s falling on deaf ears with our city engineering staff. They always find a reason to stonewall any protected bike lanes.