Bike lanes

Friday is National Bike-to-Work Day. I'm not a regular bicyclist, but what I have learned as a reporter about the benefits of cycling to the planet and people makes me want to hop on.

The city is proposing eastbound and westbound bike lanes along Van Aken Boulevard to Lee Road, separated from traffic by five to six-feet of painted road lines.

The City of Akron is closing the newly installed bike lane on East Exchange Street.Engineers for the city installed the double bike lanes in early August,…

Akron is trying to figure out how to become a bike-friendly city. As WKSU’s M.L. Schultze reports, that means taking on the challenges of weather, hills…

Akron is getting $127,000 to plan for a grid of bicycle lanes throughout the city.The city says the Knight Foundation grant will help make Akron more…

Akron now has $13 million to put toward its re-making of Main Street, thanks to a second federal grant. WKSU’s Kabir Bhatia takes a looks at the planned…