Wooddale Avenue bike lane

Wooddale resident offering counterpoints: teen biking is common, Bryant residents lost parking unhappily, and the Highway 100 frontage road is a viable alternative route.

Argued children and teens need safe north-south routes; urged 2B/2C, citing narrowed lanes for speed reduction and Bryant Avenue property values.

Bicycle commuter supporting 2B/2C, saying paint-only lanes feel unsafe and roads are for people.

28-year Wooddale resident and family cyclist who never felt unsafe; believes the current setup serves both biking and parking well.

20-year Wooddale resident opposed to losing parking; urged speed bumps and enforcement instead.

Child resident asking the council to vote against eliminating parking because friends couldn't visit.

Wooddale resident of 7 years urging option 3 (keep current configuration); argued crash data doesn't support the lane and claimed $6.6-$7.8 million in potential property-value damages.

Minneapolis cyclist who commuted Wooddale daily for 18 months; urged protected lanes 2B or 2C as the only viable north-south route.

Proposed a compromise: curbside two-way bike lane with parking between it and traffic, plus narrowed lanes south of 56th.

Ellery's mother; cited speeding, school bus stop-arm violations, and driveway-backing and side-street safety risks from parking removal.

2017 Edina grad describing isolation without a car; urged voting for option 2 and safe travel choices for all ages.

1977 EHS grad and grandmother, strongly opposed to parking removal; cited the survey showing 99% of Wooddale residents opposed.

Challenged staff's claim that option 2A violates MSA design standards, noting no standard exists for two-way lanes and variances are obtainable.

Homeowner opposed to the parking ban; urged speed enforcement, speed indicators and speed bumps instead.

Father of four who bikes young children to the Edina Community Center; described his daughter's fall over a garbage can blocking the sidewalk and asked for a safe place for kids to ride.

Homeowner urging option 3; argued removal of the parking lane would push 24,000+ annual delivery stops into the bike or travel lane.

Wooddale homeowner opposing parking removal; warned displaced parking will create safety problems on adjacent unlit, sidewalk-less streets.

Transportation Commission member speaking as a resident; argued protected lanes are the only chance in a decade and cited the city's high-injury-network designation.

Resident of 53rd and Wooddale describing 1940s-era homes with small driveways, winter walking risks for elderly and teen parkers, and event parking overflow.

Urged a middle-path solution keeping parking where width allows; showed photos of existing parking demand and side-street spillover.

Sunnyside Road resident opposing parking removal; cited the 99% survey opposition, home-value impacts, and organized bike-advocacy letters predating resident notice.

8-month resident near 59th who will lose parking under any option but 3; described a speed-related rollover crash and questioned bike traffic counts.

35-year resident of 54th and Wooddale urging the council to listen to constituents rather than the bike lobby; invited members to watch traffic from her yard.

West Metro Active Transportation Alliance member supporting 2B/2C on regional-connection, traffic-calming and precedent grounds.

Non-resident who saves $10,000/year by biking and busing; described Bryant Avenue's post-construction popularity and urged 2B/2C.

Wooddale resident noting the change affects 100+ taxpaying families; said cyclists have many route options and urged funding police enforcement instead.

Opposed the parking removal and proposed an alternative striping plan for 50th to 56th Street that keeps parking while fitting bike lanes within the 38-foot width.

Urged the council to require protected rather than painted bike lanes and framed the parking vote as a choice between safety and subsidizing private parking.

Spoke in favor of protected bike lanes on Wooddale, citing safe routes to schools and parks, and asked the council to consider fully protected lanes with bollards.