Three Blocks Along Indianola Avenue

More than a year ago, the City of Columbus announced plans to establish bike lanes along Indianola Avenue between Weber and Midgard Roads on Columbus’ north side.  For the city to move forward with the plan it would require a reduction of the street parking. The question is how much.

 Those familiar with this unique, three-block area knows that the businesses there draw customers from all over central Ohio and they rely on the street parking that is available.  

A number of the businesses came to the table and supported a plan, “Option 4,” that proposed to eliminate almost half of the parking but would preserve parking on both sides of the street. The city however revised its plan and is now looking to leave only 30 parking spaces near the businesses with no parking allowed on the east side of Indianola.  

 Those businesses are very concerned with how eliminating the parking could negatively impact their business. Eric Brembeck, owner of Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, joins us to talk about their concerns and the effort to strike a balance between the planned bike lanes and the survival of locally owned businesses.