New Orleans’ First Bike Lane Opens on St. Claude Avenue

June 2nd, 2008

The City of New Orleans, Dept. of Transportation and Development, and the Regional Planning Commission announce the completion of a new feature of St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans; the city’s first striped bike lanes.

The 3 mile stretch of lanes that connect the Marigny, Bywater, 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish are part of a $3.7 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) project to resurface and improve the St. Claude Avenue corridor. In addition to the bike lanes, improvements have been made to crosswalks and sidewalk ramps at intersections along the corridor.

The bike lanes are 5 feet wide and located between the parking lane and the outside travel lane except across the St. Claude Avenue Bridge where bicyclists and motorists will share the lane due to size constraints on the bridge. The lanes will be identified with both signage and pavement markings to alert both motorists and bicyclists to their presence. Shared-lane markings, like those found on Robert E. Lee Boulevard, will be used on the St. Claude Bridge.

Click here to read coverage of New Orleans’ first bike lane in the International Herald Tribune