Uptown Charlotte Cyclelink debuts after years in the making
The protected bike lane spanning all of downtown Charlotte that Sustain Charlotte and supportive residents first petitioned the City to build in 2016 is officially open!
It began as a campaign designed to build public support for a protected bike lane through Uptown Charlotte. More than 4,000 people signed the letter asking Charlotte City Council to approve this small, but significant step in unlocking a larger network of protected bike lanes that are convenient safe, inexpensive, healthy and fun for people of all ages.
Step by Step
In the News
- Axios: The city is opening a long-awaited protected bike lane through Uptown today, April 16, connecting the two greenways on either side of the center city.
- South Charlotte Weekly: Charlotte opens protected bike lanes on Fifth and Sixths streets
- Queen City News: New bike lanes near Uptown debut on 5th, 6th streets
- Charlotte Observer: New bike lanes open through uptown Charlotte, more miles to come
- WCCB: City Of Charlotte Opens New Bike Lanes On 5th & 6th Streets
- QC Metro: Charlotte wants to be a bike-friendly city
- QC Life (WBTV): Charlotte’s new cyclelink set to open later this week
Thanks for Your Support
Sustain Charlotte is grateful to all those who rallied around this effort and added their support to making CycleLink a reality.
“This network will provide countless residents and visitors with a healthy, safe, pollution-free, and affordable way to travel around downtown by bike,” says Shannon Binns, founder and executive director of Sustain Charlotte. That’s something that has not been possible before.”
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