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>>I disagree with this. Cities have been adding designated bike lanes for years now. Sure, but roads are added/expanded far faster than bike lanes, so the perc

>>I disagree with this. Cities have been adding designated bike lanes for years now. Sure, but roads are added/expanded far faster than bike lanes, so the percentage of roads that have bike lanes has been going down over time.

StudentStuff 9y ago
Source? Here in Seattle that is false, the city has actively "dieted" roadways while adding bike lanes. Year over year we aren't gaining tens of new lane miles for cars, while we are doing that for bikes. Portland is going through the same thing too, and I've seen similar trends in some SoCal cities (not enough experience to speak broadly about uptake down there).
- patrickg_zill 9y ago
  That would explain the multiple times I encountered slowdowns in driving from California to Seattle recently. Most slowdowns were in Portland, before i got to the I5 bridge. Second was Seattle...
  - StudentStuff 9y ago
    Surprised Tacoma & JBLM weren't bad, those two alone can eat hours. Dunno what you expect driving through the largest city in each state tho, its gonna be bad. Done the drive from Seattle to San Diego a few times this year, along with a drive to Texas. Worst part has consistently been LA, keep having to dodge cars almost rear-ending me in that city.
bogomipz 9y ago
>"Sure, but roads are added/expanded far faster than bike lanes, so the percentage of roads that have bike lanes has been going down over time." I don't believe this statement is true at all. How do you expand or add to a street in the city? A street is bounded by sidewalks and/or building frontage that is private property. There is finite amount of space often laid out in a grid. It is also quite a rare occurrence for a new street to be added to a city. The only circumstances I can see that happening would be as part of a major redevelopment project.

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>>I disagree with this. Cities have been adding designated bike lanes for years now. Sure, but roads are added/expanded far faster than bike lanes, so the perc

by enraged_camel 9y ago

StudentStuff 9y ago
Source? Here in Seattle that is false, the city has actively "dieted" roadways while adding bike lanes. Year over year we aren't gaining tens of new lane miles for cars, while we are doing that for bikes. Portland is going through the same thing too, and I've seen similar trends in some SoCal cities (not enough experience to speak broadly about uptake down there).
- patrickg_zill 9y ago
  That would explain the multiple times I encountered slowdowns in driving from California to Seattle recently. Most slowdowns were in Portland, before i got to the I5 bridge. Second was Seattle...
  - StudentStuff 9y ago
    Surprised Tacoma & JBLM weren't bad, those two alone can eat hours. Dunno what you expect driving through the largest city in each state tho, its gonna be bad. Done the drive from Seattle to San Diego a few times this year, along with a drive to Texas. Worst part has consistently been LA, keep having to dodge cars almost rear-ending me in that city.
bogomipz 9y ago
>"Sure, but roads are added/expanded far faster than bike lanes, so the percentage of roads that have bike lanes has been going down over time." I don't believe this statement is true at all. How do you expand or add to a street in the city? A street is bounded by sidewalks and/or building frontage that is private property. There is finite amount of space often laid out in a grid. It is also quite a rare occurrence for a new street to be added to a city. The only circumstances I can see that happening would be as part of a major redevelopment project.