Petition in Support of Capital City Bikeway on Wabasha Street and Opposing Location on St. Peter Street
We the undersigned represent customers, patrons, tenants, residents, property owners, businesses, organizations, and supporters, operating, working, shopping, and dining at restaurants and businesses along St. Peter and Wabasha Streets in downtown St. Paul.
Whereas the Rice Park Association, on September 25, 2019, adopted a resolution stating as follows:
WHEREAS, St. Peter Street is a primary entertainment district in downtown Saint Paul that draws drivers from across the metro who do not come downtown regularly; and
WHEREAS, St. Peter Street is nearly fully developed with street-level retail whose businesses would be harmed by the installation of a major bikeway on the street; and
WHEREAS, there are other streets nearby, including Wabasha Street, with more existing development and potential development opportunities that could benefit from a major bikeway;
RESOLVED, that the Rice Park Association opposes locating a bikeway on St. Peter Street; and
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT, the Rice Park Association encourages the City of Saint Paul to pursue an alternative route for a major bikeway in the western portion of downtown Saint Paul.
We the undersigned support the above Rice Park Association resolution in supporting the Capital City Bikeway along Wabasha Street and opposing the new bikeway on St. Peter Street.
Updates
December 2, 2019
The momentum behind this shift toward Wabasha Street is finally becoming impossible for the city to ignore. It has been a long and draining process to make our position clear but seeing this level of backing keeps me going.
16 Comments
The reduction of parking, patio size, traffic lane width, etc. will be a hardship for the existing retail and entertainment venues along St. Peter Street. Visitors will be discouraged if the experience of convenient parking, safe traffic lanes and loading zones, appropriate patios and minimal traffic congestion are not maintained. The proposed bikeway changes on St. Peter will compromise the existing visitor and business experience. The bikeway location should be constructed in a location that does not have this level of entertainment and business vitality. Millions and millions of dollars have been invested in the creation of this very successful neighborhood.
The bike lane on St Peter, as it has been proposed, will eliminate access to delivery zones and refuse/recycling removal. How can businesses expect to remain operational without these basic services?
BEFORE YOU DO THIS TO ST. PETER ST. GO TO KOWALSKIS ON GRAND AVE. TRY GETTING IN AND OUT. SINCE THEY PUT IN TWO WAY BIKE LANES ON GRAND AVE. ,IT'S A NIGHTMARE!!! GRAND AVE. IS NARROW AND EXTREMELY BUSY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. WHOEVER CAME UP WITH IDEA TO PUT BIKE LANES ON BOTH GRAND AVE. AND ST. PETER ST. HAVE NEVER OWNED A BUSINESS!!!!
As a resident of the West Side and biker myself, I think Wabasha makes more sense to connect the West Side directly to downtown and to the Capitol Comples.
Where are people going to park to go to church? Where are my customers going to park? I work 7 days a week on St Peter and I can count the number of bikes I have seen this year on my toes.
St. Peter Street is NOT an appropriate application for dedicated bike lanes. Common sense and safety must prevail!
Compared to Wabasha, St Peter is a less-busy street. And isn’t it potentially more pleasant to sit outside and eat dinner on a street with fewer vehicles?
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Petition in Support of Capital City Bikeway on Wabasha Street and Opposing Location on St. Peter Street
We the undersigned represent customers, patrons, tenants, residents, property owners, businesses, organizations, and supporters, operating, working, shopping, and dining at restaurants and businesses along St. Peter and Wabasha Streets in downtown St. Paul.
Whereas the Rice Park Association, on September 25, 2019, adopted a resolution stating as follows:
WHEREAS, St. Peter Street is a primary entertainment district in downtown Saint Paul that draws drivers from across the metro who do not come downtown regularly; and
WHEREAS, St. Peter Street is nearly fully developed with street-level retail whose businesses would be harmed by the installation of a major bikeway on the street; and
WHEREAS, there are other streets nearby, including Wabasha Street, with more existing development and potential development opportunities that could benefit from a major bikeway;
RESOLVED, that the Rice Park Association opposes locating a bikeway on St. Peter Street; and
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT, the Rice Park Association encourages the City of Saint Paul to pursue an alternative route for a major bikeway in the western portion of downtown Saint Paul.
We the undersigned support the above Rice Park Association resolution in supporting the Capital City Bikeway along Wabasha Street and opposing the new bikeway on St. Peter Street.
Updates
December 2, 2019
The momentum behind this shift toward Wabasha Street is finally becoming impossible for the city to ignore. It has been a long and draining process to make our position clear but seeing this level of backing keeps me going.
16 Comments
St Peter Street stands alone as a highly trafficked one-way historic gateway—meeting the crucial needs of its prominent successful established businesses, restaurants, retail shops, and medical services. St. Peter Street offers constant daily usage space for its bustling high volume of large delivery vans, even larger band busses and trailers, motorist parking, valet parking, and more. Bikeway paths require safe calm connected routes, setting forth protected paths. St. Peter Street does not fit these descriptive requirements. Pandemonium is predictable.
The reduction of parking, patio size, traffic lane width, etc. will be a hardship for the existing retail and entertainment venues along St. Peter Street. Visitors will be discouraged if the experience of convenient parking, safe traffic lanes and loading zones, appropriate patios and minimal traffic congestion are not maintained. The proposed bikeway changes on St. Peter will compromise the existing visitor and business experience. The bikeway location should be constructed in a location that does not have this level of entertainment and business vitality. Millions and millions of dollars have been invested in the creation of this very successful neighborhood.
The bike lane on St Peter, as it has been proposed, will eliminate access to delivery zones and refuse/recycling removal. How can businesses expect to remain operational without these basic services?
BEFORE YOU DO THIS TO ST. PETER ST. GO TO KOWALSKIS ON GRAND AVE. TRY GETTING IN AND OUT. SINCE THEY PUT IN TWO WAY BIKE LANES ON GRAND AVE. ,IT'S A NIGHTMARE!!! GRAND AVE. IS NARROW AND EXTREMELY BUSY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. WHOEVER CAME UP WITH IDEA TO PUT BIKE LANES ON BOTH GRAND AVE. AND ST. PETER ST. HAVE NEVER OWNED A BUSINESS!!!!
As a resident of the West Side and biker myself, I think Wabasha makes more sense to connect the West Side directly to downtown and to the Capitol Comples.
Where are people going to park to go to church? Where are my customers going to park? I work 7 days a week on St Peter and I can count the number of bikes I have seen this year on my toes.
St. Peter Street is NOT an appropriate application for dedicated bike lanes. Common sense and safety must prevail!
Compared to Wabasha, St Peter is a less-busy street. And isn’t it potentially more pleasant to sit outside and eat dinner on a street with fewer vehicles?
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St Peter Street stands alone as a highly trafficked one-way historic gateway—meeting the crucial needs of its prominent successful established businesses, restaurants, retail shops, and medical services. St. Peter Street offers constant daily usage space for its bustling high volume of large delivery vans, even larger band busses and trailers, motorist parking, valet parking, and more. Bikeway paths require safe calm connected routes, setting forth protected paths. St. Peter Street does not fit these descriptive requirements. Pandemonium is predictable.