LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The downtown Lincoln sidewalk ban on bicycles may remain in place longer than expected.

City officials have been sharing with bike groups and people who live and work downtown the plans to eliminate the ban. The proposed changes are aimed at providing consistency across the city, promoting biking and bringing city ordinances in line with a new state law that now lets people ride their bikes in crosswalks through intersections, among other changes.

But city staffers fear opposition to removing the ban could derail the other local changes, so they probably won’t include the ban removal in the bike-related proposal heading to the City Council this fall.

The measure is expected to resurface when the city bike share program begins next year.