City Wants Input on Durham Neighborhood Bike Routes

The second phase of Durham’s Neighborhood Bike Routes project kicks off Jan. 1 with an online survey and an upcoming event to meet with city transportation staff.

These routes – also known as bike boulevards – are meant to improve roadway safety. The first phase of this project added signs and pavement markings on seven miles of roads. The second phase offers proposed routes on 24 streets that would add 11 miles to the network and connect to North Carolina Central University and the American Tobacco Trail. Traffic circles and curb extensions will be added in some areas to help slow motorists, putting a priority on the safety of cyclists and pedestrians.

Survey responses are due by midnight on Feb. 7, 2025. Construction on Phase II is expected to start in Fall 2025.

Streets involved in Phase II include:

• Bivins Street.
• Cleveland Street.
• Colfax Street.
• W. Corporation Street.
• Elm Street.
• Englewood Avenue.
• W. Enterprise Street.
• Grant Street.
• Iredell Street.
• Juniper Street.
• W. Knox Street.
• Lakeland Street.
• Lavender Avenue.
• Lincoln Street.
• Linwood Avenue.
• E. Main Street.
• Maryland Avenue.
• Massey Street.
• Mathison Street.
• Morning Glory Avenue.
• Ramseur Street.
• Ridgeway Avenue.
• Stephenson Street.
• E. Umstead Street.

City transportation staff will answer questions on Jan. 11 at W.D. Hill Recreation Center during the Dr. Martin Luther King event from 2 to 5 p.m., where residents can learn about potential locations and design concepts.