Perkins
Road has again shown itself as a traffic danger to the Bike Community, and we
have been trying to get this emergency recognized and resolved since October,
when bicycle traffic increased greatly through that corridor. Meanwhile, our
friend Nathan died there in January; and now Jason in September. The Perkins
Road area where Nathan and Jason were killed constitutes a "keystone"
in east- west bicycle routes. Without the means to safely ride through that
corridor, it becomes a barrier to bicycle traffic. And it blocks more than access to the sports-
park complex! Routes to the Medical District, the Mall of Louisiana, all of
North Baton Rouge, LSU, Midcity, and Downtown all interconnect through that
corridor. Pennington Biomedical Research Center might become a key partner in
resolving this situation if they are approached appropriately to seek their
approval and resolve any legal and liability issues PBRC may have. The quickest "fix" would be to
cross PBRC property,which would of course, require meetings of all other players with PBRC. Beyond that, the simple matters of paint and
publicity could be accomplished in short order.
We, the bike community, pray for state and local officials to meet with
PBRC and seek their assistance to resolve this safety need for bicycle
traffic. Here's a link to some
ideas: definitely not a professional
proposal, merely observations from a bicyclist's perspective.
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