Walk Bike Nashville is reporting that reconfigured, safer bike lanes will be installed on 16th Ave S, 17 Ave S, and Magnolia Blvd this summer. The changes will be installed between 21st Ave S and the Music Circle Roundabout. 16th and 17th Avenues S are colloquially known as Music Row.
For most of the route, the bike lanes will be on the left side of the streets, separated from cars by flexible bollards. On Magnolia Blvd in the southbound direction, however, the schematic drawing appears to indicate that the bike lanes will be between the right curb and parallel parking, but still separated by bollards.
The bike lanes on Music Row are some of the oldest in the city. The current right-hand configuration, however, leaves cyclists vulnerable to opening car doors and cars pulling out onto the road from the parallel parking spots. “We are really excited to see the city trying out innovative and cutting edge bikeway designs and are eager to see how the designs in-person,” Walk Bike Nashville wrote in its blog post. “We are sure there will be a learning curve–both for bikes and drivers.”