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Frebis Avenue

The City of Columbus studied the Frebis Avenue corridor from Bruck Street to Alum Creek Drive in 2022. The study evaluated the feasiblity of reconfiguring the existing roadway to include bike facilities, improving safety for people walking and biking and providing connections between and conducted a safety analysis.

The Columbus South Side Area Commission extends our full support in moving this project to the next phase and we hope funding for construction can be committed in the near term to improve the safety of this roadway for people walking and biking and reduce vehicle speeds along the corridor. This is a potential major east-west bike corridor.

The information on this page is taken from the public meeting and preferred alternative slides that were presented to the Columbus South Side Area Commission in 2022. The page on the City’s website for this project is currently unavailable.

Public Meeting Slides Jul 2022 Preferred Alternative Slides Oct 2022 CSSAC Letter of Support Aug 2022

Study Area Map

Map of the Frebis Avenue corridor in Columbus, showing the study area along Frebis Avenue extending from Bruck Street to Alum Creek Drive. The map shows existing bike lanes on Ohio Avenue and Champion Avenue, planned planned bike lanes on Fairwood Avenue, and existing shared use path on Alum Creek Drive.

Preferred Alternative

Map of recommendations for the Frebis Avenue corridor. A bike boulevard treatment is recommended between Bruck Street and Parsons Avenue. Bike lanes are recommended between Parsons Avenue and Lockbourne Road. Buffered bike lanes are recommended between Lockbourne Road and Burstock Road. A road diet with buffered bike lanes is recommended between Burstock Road and Alum Creek Drive.

Bike Boulevard: Bruck Street to Parsons Avenue

  • Maintain existing on-street parking (currently permitted on both sides of street)
  • Add bike boulevard pavement markings

Bike Lanes: Parsons Avenue to Lockbourne Road

  • Remove existing on-street parking (currently permitted on west side of street)
  • Add standard bike lanes

Buffered Bike Lanes: Lockbourne Road to Burstock Road

  • Remove existing on-street parking (currently permitted on both sides of street)
  • Add buffered bike lanes (vertical separation to be determined)

Road Diet and Buffered Bike Lanes: Burstock Road to Alum Creek Drive

  • Reconfigure roadway from two travel lanes in each direction to one travel lane in each direction with a center turn lane
  • Add buffered bike lanes (vertical separation to be determined)