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Trenton’s ‘Complete Streets’ initiative is getting mixed reviews

Amy Reynolds | August 5, 2014

About three times a week, Ron Lessard hops on his bike and rides from his Princeton home to the furniture shop he runs on Ott Street in Trenton.

While he has a passion for riding, Lessard said the dearth of bike lanes in Trenton adds frustration and danger to the 11½-mile trip he has been making for more than two decades.

“The biggest problem is a lack of facilities — meaning bike lanes,” he said.

Lessard is hardly alone.

The Trenton Cycling Revolution, a local organization that focuses on making streets safe for riders in the Mercer County area, has been working with city officials to solve the many problems that Trenton bicycle commuters face.

They have been advocating and closely following the progress of the “Complete Streets” initiative in Trenton, a nationwide program to make streets accessible to everyone — pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, motorists — with or without disabilities.

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