A cyclist rides in a dedicated lane by the old bus station Tuesday on Walker and Sheridan on a bike route in Oklahoma City. A study has recommended removing the bike lane to widen Walker Avenue. [Photo by Jackie Dobson, The Oklahoman]

Brian Carlozzi sold his car in April and committed himself to riding his bicycle daily from his home in Heritage Hills to his workplace at the Oklahoma Tower downtown. It’s a ride he enjoys on a dedicated bike lane opened this past year on Harvey Avenue, a lane added as part of the Project 180 makeover of downtown streets.

“Harvey changed the whole experience,” said Carlozzi, who started with occasional rides along Hudson Avenue one block west, which does not have dedicated bike lanes.

“It’s pretty intimidating on Hudson with no dedicated bike lane at all," he said. "It’s so much safer to have a dedicated lane and a sign every couple hundred feet reminding drivers it’s a dedicated lane.”

Carlozzi is part of a growing but uncounted number of downtown workers, residents and visitors using the new downtown bike lanes. But city engineers say at least one segment of dedicated bike lane along Walker Avenue, which connects the Central Business District to Midtown and the historic neighborhoods, is likely to be eliminated.