I read their master plan (big pdf, Schenley Park starts on page 97) and am very concerned that cycling is being left out. It looks like this thing was made back in 2000.. so perhaps cycling wasn't even on the radar back then? Unfortunately, they tout it as a 20 year plan.. and we're half way into that now.
In short, they propose replacing the two intersections of Panther Hollow (Greenfield/Panther Hollow) and the cloverleaf clusterfuck with roundabouts, which I am skeptical about. I haven't had particularly positive experiences cycling around roundabouts (cars don't yield at stop signs/red lights, why would a roundabout convince them to stop for me?), is there any way to make them bike friendly?
They also propose shrinking Schenley and Overlook Drive road surface (auto lanes), making overlook 2 way, and adding physically separated sidewalks to each road, at the expense of road width. This sounds great for stroller jockeys, dog walkers, and so on, but not so great for people biking through the park. Shrinking the road surface of Overlook Drive, making it 2-way, and keeping the parking on both sides sounds like it would be awful to bike on. The 2-way part of this road is already lousy...I can't imagine losing another 5 feet. People parking, unparking (without looking), swinging their doors open, and running out from between parked cars. They mentioned keeping bike lanes on Schenley drive (but shrinking them?). Sounds like maybe it wouldn't hurt to have a few cyclists show up. Anyone from bike-pgh involved in these park projects?