And, we love them for it.

An awesome update on the bike lanes around Indy over at Circles and Squares blog, a well-spoken, well-updated Indy blog:

Adding bike lanes to Michigan and New York Streets seemed like a very long ordeal. A couple years of planning followed by an extended construction process. As I've mentioned, the results were worth the hassle. But I dreaded the thought that every added bike lane would go through the same long process.

Then one day I noticed bike lanes on a small stretch of Ritter Avenue between Pleasant Run Parkway and 10th Street. It was included as part of a repaving project. I was surprised to see it, especially since I hadn't heard anything about it.

And this week, while traveling to Wanamaker to see some friends, I noticed that a paving project on Southeastern Avenue between Five Points and Franklin Road was completed. And it included bike lanes.

We are being invaded by bike lanes! Where will they be popping up next?

Full post here.

It is encouraging to see all of these bike lanes popping up as part of the resurfacing projects. Andy Lutz over at the DPW seems to really be putting his time in to make sure they are included. I know that's a big initiative of his, and really, it just makes sense to add bike lanes during a routine resurfacing project. Glad to see Lutz is getting some work done, and if credit is to go to others besides/beyond Lutz, then by all means, great job to those others as well!