View across the PennDOT Parking Lot

As shown in this picture, there is enough room to pave a bicycle path along the back of this PennDOT parking lot. One concern raised by a PennDot representative is that if this lot were paved, drivers might use it as a park-and-ride to the bike trail. One solution would be to build a fence to partition the paved trail from the remainder of this lot to prevent drivers from parking on the bicycle trail itself.

It has been proposed that a lease agreement would need to be drawn up between the City of Pittsburgh and PennDOT for the use of this land as a bicycle path. Visible at the back of this parking lot is a ramp leading up to the Eliza Furnace Trail.