Bricks on Third would make cycling difficult

To the editor:

I am concerned about the proposal to make Third Street all or partly brick ("Third Street master plan taking shape," Feb. 4 edition of ThisWeek German Village). I regularly walk, drive and bicycle on Third Street and feel very comfortable with any of those means of transportation.

But bricking up Third would make it very uncomfortable to ride all the way by bicycle. Both Mohawk and City Park are brick streets, so the only comfortable way to cycle from the park to Livingston Avenue or downtown is via Third Street.

Curb extensions are a reasonable idea; so are speed humps, a less aggressive alternative to speed bumps, which are used on several streets in Clintonville.

I hope that any renovation of Third Street will allow it to remain enjoyable for cyclists as well as pedestrians.

Jeff Dubin

German Village