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A standing room only crowd of advocates for sustainable urbanism were witnesses at the Cleveland Planning Commissionmeeting last week with half of the people there in support of including bike and pedestrian accommodations on the rebuilt Innerbelt Bridge.

After a year of considering a bike lane on the new Innerbelt Bridge and laying out reasons for it, including attracting a younger generation to Cleveland, members of the planning commission appeared to be split on whether the issue was resolved.  Commission chair Tony Coyne pointed out that the city and ODOT would like Abbey Avenue bridge—the connection between Tremont and Ohio City—widened and adding a 5 ft. bike lane on each side plus two 5 ft. sidewalks… (go to article)