NEW ORLEANS -- The City is adding 485 new bike racks over the next three months.
According to a release from Mayor Latoya Cantrell, the new bike racks will be focused in:
- Central Business District;
- North Broad Street between Iberville Street and Ursulines Avenue;
- St. Claude Avenue between Elysian Fields Avenue and Press Street;
- North Rampart Street between Canal Street and Esplanade Avenue;
- Harrison Avenue between Canal Boulevard and Orleans Avenue;
- Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard between Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Jackson Avenue;
- Newton Street between Teche Street and Behrman Avenue; and
- Teche Street between Newton Street and Opelousas Avenue.
"Feedback from residents and business owners contributed to determining the locations of the new racks," the release said. "Public safety is the City's priority; residents and commuters are reminded to use caution when driving, bicycling and walking near the installation sites."
Installation will take place between 4:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in business districts and between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. in residential districts.
Louisiana was recently ranked the second most dangers state for bicyclists, with New Orleans being ranked the 6th most dangerous metro area.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development reports that 93 people died in bicycle accidents since 2015. The agency says 11 people each died in Orleans and East Baton Rouge parishes. Another eight died in Lafayette Parish.
