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> The issue is taking away even a tiny fraction of car space basically triggers some kind of political road rage. How do you take "a tiny fraction" away from a
by luckylion 6y ago
> The issue is taking away even a tiny fraction of car space basically triggers some kind of political road rage.
How do you take "a tiny fraction" away from a street that has one lane in each direction to build a dedicated bike lane? Make it a one-way street and just kill traffic? It's not as simple as you make it out to be. Don't infer motivations, I don't own a car and ride my bike everywhere.
It's mostly a money issue, at least where I live. That part of the budget is spent on "climate managers" (for a city of 20k) instead of improving bike infrastructure.
- estebank 6y agoIn a significant portion of the US "high density" looks like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7474901,-122.4878233,3a,75y,356.53h,94.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbF3xFeLraGzkv0h0rUo-GQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DbF3xFeLraGzkv0h0rUo-GQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D33.027905%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7474901,-122.4878233,3a,75y,...
- luckylion 6y agoAnd that looks trivial to work with. I'm from Europe where most towns have grown very organically over centuries, there are fewer multi-lane streets (and it's essentially unheard of in residential areas) and it's crowded. Quite a few people would welcome better bike infrastructure over here, but it's hard to do. The opposite seems to be true in the US.
- megablast 6y agoOne way streets. Killing traffic is good.