{"id":157373,"date":"2026-04-04T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157373\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:05:11","slug":"funding-for-french-street-bike-project-passes-first-reading-at-city-council-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157373\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding for French Street bike project passes first reading at city council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Erie is continuing its efforts to make the area bicycle-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>City council voted during Wednesday morning\u2019s meeting on a \u201cfirst reading\u201d to fund construction of the Erie Loop Bikeway French Street Project, allotting the project $350,000. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/winter-damage-to-presque-isle-assessed-during-annual-spring-beach-walk\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tWinter damage to Presque Isle assessed during annual spring beach walk\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s goal is to make safe bike lanes on a ten-block stretch of French Street.<\/p>\n<p>Erie City Council President Dr. Tyler Titus said this is something that\u2019s long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/governor-shapiro-visits-erie-to-talk-about-new-book-political-climate\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tGovernor Shapiro visits Erie to talk about new book, political climate\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city has been pretty difficult for those who don\u2019t have a motor vehicle; it\u2019s not super pedestrian-friendly, and one of the steps that we need to take is making it bike-friendly as well. We have a lot of people who get around our city via bike. Not only is it better for the environment, but is something more fiscally feasible for a lot of people,\u201d said Dr. Titus. <\/p>\n<p>At the next meeting on April 15, the city administration will present where the project currently stands and open it up for public comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Erie is continuing its efforts to make the area bicycle-friendly. City council voted during Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-157373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}