Many Dallas residents are upset about the newly installed bike lanes on Abrams Road. These bike lanes:

-Are unsafe for bicyclists (bikers),

-Are unsafe for vehicles,

-Are unsafe for pedestrians,

-Hurt businesses,

-Cause traffic congestion, and

-Do not serve to create more ease and benefit for all users of the roadway, including bikers.

The new bike lanes do not belong on a major road when motor vehicles need those lanes! We support removal of these lanes, including and especially the concrete barriers.

Abrams Road between Mockingbird and Beacon is a conduit for mixed-use transportation of passenger cars, motorcycles, public buses, commercial freight carriers doing deliveries to Dallas businesses and more.  Abrams Road carries heavy commuter traffic to and from I-30 via Beacon, routes Lakewood traffic to downtown, and serves the Mockingbird, Northwest Highway, and I635-bound. Many people that live in Lakewood work in downtown and need to use this road to get to work

Although we support bike lanes and multi-use trails in general, this placement is ill-advised, counterproductive and the bike lane needs to be removed. 
We support maintenance and possible enhancement or extension of the already existing Santa Fe Trail, which is already nearby with fully functional routes serving downtown and the entire White Rock community.  Existing Santa Fe Trail capacity is believed to be the practical alternative to the Abrams bike lanes.  Our great and growing Dallas trail infrastructure already serves to promote less-busy streets, biker safety and reduced traffic congestion.  We maintain that commuting and recreational bikers are currently well served by the Santa Fe trail.

Why is it unsafe for bikers?
1) The bike lanes’ built concrete barriers accumulate trash and debris that the bikers must dodge.  The concrete barriers themselves are hazards to bicyclists both day and night.
2) A very busy gas station sits on the corner of Richmond and Abrams.   Vehicles quickly dart in and out of the gas station from two sides, presenting a clear hazard. The dedicated bike lane around that corner provides a false sense of security and a bicycle/vehicle collision is likely.  Time is ticking away toward that outcome unless something is done.  There are other excellent examples of already-hazardous stretches of Abrams that have not been mitigated by the bike lanes.           3) We believe that bikers and vehicles will increasingly take alternate routes through less traveled streets in neighborhoods to avoid real and perceived hazards and congestion. So, increased traffic and higher average speed of vehicles traveling through the typically quiet neighborhoods will result.  Higher average speeds and more traffic increases risk to pedestrians, bikers and vehicles in those neighborhoods, and negatively impacts quality of life.  This effect increases where road construction and utility work exists.

Why is it unsafe for vehicles?
A number of vehicles, including the city's own Dart buses, have collided with those concrete curbs and barriers, resulting in damages including destroyed tires.  The lanes are not well-illuminated either by lights or reflective coatings.  Drivers at busy intersections experience confusion when faced with these cement barriers and restricted lanes.  All this creates a built-in hazard.

How does it hurt businesses? Traffic is being diverted from the area to other more desirable areas to travel. Parking was taken from at least two business and delivery zones taken from three businesses.  Another good question:  How does it help businesses?

How does it congest traffic? Reducing lanes to downtown Dallas means more vehicles in fewer lanes.  The opposite of the intended effect.  Abrams Road must be made safer, slower, less confusing and less congested to handle heavy and highly diversified vehicular traffic, not the reverse. 

Please sign our petition today to help get these bike lanes removed and a better path for bikers to downtown!

*** PLEASE ONLY SIGN IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS- IT WILL CARRY MORE WEIGHT WITH THE CITY***

I do understand that there are people that travel through this area/work in this area live outside of Dallas, but we want the petition to be taken seriously so we are asking only those that live in Dallas sign. Thank you so much for your support!!