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The state will make improvements to enhance safety and widen the route, and a detour through Downtown Pittsburgh is in place to carry cyclists each way.
Pittsburgh's 2023 capital budget includes $150,000 for shoring up bike lanes along Penn Avenue, which advocates say are viewed by many drivers as parking.
The design uses a central traffic lane and adjacent two-way bike lanes to prioritize people on bikes on a popular cycling route.
There will be some exemptions to the rule.
The legislation would revise the municipal code to include bike lanes in the list of restricted spaces like on sidewalks, in crossworks and in front of garages.