In-the-box solution

Amidst a dedicated urbanist push to lower traffic fatalities and increase bicycle ridership, one promise has gone unfulfilled since 2024: public bike lockers downtown.

By: Erin Sellers

Outlets: RANGE Media

Published: July 3, 2026

Words: 2,642

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago


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Two years ago to the day, Mayor Lisa Brown signed an executive order in front of the intersection where cyclist and prominent community member Janet Mann had been killed in a crosswalk by a car to say: enough was enough. The city would be moving quickly and decisively to address traffic safety, “ so that we do not have to lose any more of our loved ones to unnecessary traffic related incidents,” Brown said.

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