This video article from the Tennessean highlights the problems created for area bicyclists when encountering parked cars in bicycle lanes. (Click here to view the video article.)
The Metro Code was changed in late 2008 to prohibit vehicle parking in a bicycle lane unless an exception is granted by the Traffic and Parking Commission. The Commission heard its first exception request on January 12, 2009 for Z' Chicken Shack in East Nashville to allow on-street parking in the bicycle lane in front of the business. The vote on the request is delayed until the February 9, 2009 Traffic and Parking Commission to give the community more time to comment.
You may email the secretary of the Traffic and Parking Commission, Diane Marshall at diane.marshall@nashville.gov and request that your email be considered at the meeting if you can't make it in person.
View the original article in the Tennessean from January 12, 2009.
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