Gilbert Ave Complete Street Project
The Gilbert Ave Complete Street Project will focus on calming traffic and increasing safety and comfort for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and drivers.
Phase 1 of the project will right-size 2 miles of Gilbert Ave, add protected bike lanes, and reduce the length of key pedestrian crossings between Court Street and MLK Drive. These improvements will increase safety for all roadway users in this key corridor connecting the neighborhood of Walnut Hills to downtown Cincinnati.
Planning, design, and community engagement happened throughout 2024-2025. Construction is slated to begin in Summer 2026.
Click the Visuals tab below to view the preferred design for Phase 1.
Phase 2 of this project will extend the limits .5 miles across MLK just past Victory Parkway into Evanston. Design for this phase of the project began in Spring 2026. Community engagement is forthcoming this Fall/Winter. Phase 2 is primarily funded through federal grants.
View the Phase 1 feasibility study and the preferred alternate below:
Gilbert Avenue Preferred Alternate - Alternate 3, with a wider 2-way bike lane between Morris St and Court St (as shown in Alternate 4)
Gilbert Avenue Feasibility Study
View the Phase 1 exhibits from the 10/15/2024 Open House below:
- Alternate 1: Center 2-Way Bike Lane, split to N/S 1-Way Bike Lanes at Elsinore
- Alternate 2: 2-Way Bike Lane Court to MLK, expanded tree lawn at Elsinore
- Alternate 3: 2-Way Bike Lane, split to N/S 1-Way Bike Lanes at Morris, expanded tree lawn at Elsinore
- Alternate 4: 2-Way Bike Lane Court to MLK
- Cross sections of McMillan Ave to Taft Rd for Alternates 1&3
- Consider potential utility pole placement in the buffer or on the sidewalk.
- Bicycle Buffer Alternatives
- Photo examples of basic and enhanced bicycle buffers, highlighting options with varying costs and treatments for different areas of the proposed design.
Public comment on the preferred design closed on November 15, 2024.
DOTE used feedback collected from the Walnut Hills Area Council over the last two years to develop the initial conceptual designs shared at the December 21, 2023 Open House. View the initial exhibits from the 12/21/23 Open House below.
- The first public meeting was held on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at Bush Recreation Center in Walnut Hills.
- The second public meeting was held on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at Bush Recreation Center in Walnut Hills.
Public comment on the preferred design closed on November 15, 2024.