The Broadway Road Diet is a reconfiguration of Broadway between California and Orange Streets. The reconfiguration will change Broadway from four to two lanes with a center turn lane and bike lanes.

Mayor Mike Kadas recently vetoed the City Council's resoultion to stop the lane reconfiguration. To learn more about his reasons, read the text of his veto in PDF format from the City of Missoula webpage.

If you support the Broadway Road Diet, or if you wish to make America's transportation system safer and more equitable, please send us an e-mail at broadway@roaddiet.com.

To learn more about , please take some time to review the information below. Or check out our Road Diet FAQ.

We believe that this lane reconfiguration fits perfectly with the City's goal of "Increased availability, convenience and accessibility for all modes of transportation..." and that it

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The Broadway road diet project has already begun, and the City has already spent about $150,000 planning and engeneering the project. More information on the technical and fiscal aspects in the FAQ

With the road diet in place, it will be safer to bike on Broadway, the capacity of the road will stay the same, and the number of crashes on the road will probably decrease dramatically. More details on the advantages of the road diet in the stats page.

To read about the success of a road diet in Billings, click here.

The project will cost the city another $150,000 to actually implement and if, for any reason, the project does not satisfy the community, Broadway will be changed back to the current system, and the State will pick up the bill.

A road diet before and after.
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can be dangerous for bikes and pedestrians, also high incedence of crashes for motor vehicles

Diagrams by Hank Green

No loss of capacity, safter for pedestrians, motorists, and bicycles

Feel Free to e-mail us for any reason: ideas, questions, comments, etc.