It's the wrong solution.....
From "Church Street Complete Street Project"
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...because bikes and pedestrians have vastly different operating characteristics. A bike's are much closer to a car's than to a ped's. Especially in the block between Duke and Queen, a cyclist traveling downhill (assuming this will be a 2-way path) can go as fast as a car, thus increasing the risk to pedestrians. A better solution for cyclists, if you insist on doing anything at all--often benign neglect is the best option--install a conventional bike lane OUTSIDE THE DOOR ZONE. There is room for this if one travel lane is removed. Another possibility is back-in angle parking on one or both sides of Church, which will slow traffic and add much-needed parking in this neighborhood. However, bike lanes are incompatible with angle parking (as on College Ave.). Did you consider making this part of Church 2-way? That would increase connectivity from the SE to the SW part of the City and slow traffic.
