Downtown Durham Bike Lanes (Durham Bike Facilities II) 

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Design and installation of bike facilities and traffic calming to connect downtown Durham with greenways and surrounding neighborhoods

Public engagementConcept Designs: 

Use the interactive map to view the concept designs for each corridor and share feedback.

Outreach Events: 

Attend an upcoming Downtown Durham Bike Lanes outreach event to share feedback on the concept designs for bike lanes and traffic calming.

• Thursday, March 20th, 5pm to 7pm - Open House at Durham Armory (212 Foster St, Durham)
• Thursday, March 27th, 5pm to 7pm - Open House at E.K. Powe Elementary Common Market (1821 Green St, Durham)
• Friday, March 28th, 5pm to 7pm - Pop Up at Durham Coop Market (1111 W Chapel Hill St, Durham)
• Saturday, March 29th, 10am to 1pm - Pop Up at Durham Farmers' Market (501 Foster St, Durham)
• Thursday, April 3rd, 4:00pm to 6:30pm - Pop up outside Durham Bulls Athletic Park (409 Blackwell St, Durham)

Public Engagement Scope:

• Online and print versions of maps and survey tools to collect input on preliminary designs for each project;
• Public meetings to collect input on designs for each corridor
• Stakeholder interviews to collect input on designs for each corridor
• Pop-up events and intercept surveys on or near each corridor

Sign Up for E-mail Project Updates:  Project OVERVIEW

The 2017 Bike+Walk Implementation Plan identified bicycle corridor projects on Chapel Hill St, Club Blvd, and Foster St / Corcoran St / Blackwell St as priorities to improve bicycling connectivity to downtown Durham, popular greenways, and the surrounding neighborhoods. The scope of this project includes the design and installation of on-street bicycle facilities and traffic calming along these three corridors.

Project CorridorStartEndStreet MaintenanceFoster St / Corcoran St / Blackwell StTrinity AveATT / Jackie Robinson DrCity of DurhamClub BlvdBroad StWashington StCity of DurhamChapel Hill St / Duke University RdSwift AvePettigrew StNCDOT / City of DurhamMap of Downtown Durham Bike Corridors

Bike Tour of Existing Conditions on Downtown Durham Bike Lanes

PROJECT SCHEDULE AND STATUS

• Project Kick-Off: Fall 2024
• Anticipated Design Completion: Fall 2025
• Anticipated Construction Start: Summer 2026

Project Phase

DESIGN

Project Status

The City of Durham Transportation Department has contracted with Mead & Hunt, Inc. for the design of bicycle facilities and traffic calming measures on the three bicycle corridors.  The kick-off meeting for the design phase of the project was held in October 2024.  Public and stakeholder engagement will begin in March 2025.

Funding

The City of Durham Transportation Department is using local Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) funding to design on-street protected bicycle lanes and traffic calming on three corridors to fill gaps in the bicycle network in and around downtown Durham. Federal funding has been awarded through the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) for the installation of these bicycle lanes and traffic calming.