Pakistan: Lahore is Getting Dedicated Biker Lanes
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has started constructing dedicated biker lanes to improve road safety and traffic flow. Following Beijing’s model, the first 10-kilometer stretch from Ferozepur Road to Lahore Bridge has been finalized under CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz’s directive.
The LDA urges citizens to follow lane discipline to ensure success, with plans to expand across Lahore.
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Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2025/02/07/lahore-is-getting-dedicated-biker-lanes/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
