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Bicycle infrastructure is routinely shot down by a handful of business owners.
by ehnto 6y ago
Bicycle infrastructure is routinely shot down by a handful of business owners.
- iso1631 6y agobusiness owners who want to benefit from the public paying for parking near their stores so they don't have to? It's amazing how socialist america is.
- ehnto 6y agoThat is typically the argument yes. The business owners feel that the meager street side parking is integral to their business, and that their business' needs are more important than that of the thousands of daily commuters.
- iso1631 6y agoWhy not sell privitize the road space? City could auction it off to the highest bidder, perhaps as a lease.
- nitrogen 6y agoThe business owners feel that the meager street side parking is integral to their business They're probably right. Have you ever tried to drop off a package at a UPS store that has no parking anywhere near it? Local businesses pay taxes and provide jobs. They are there on the street all day every day, while any commuter is there for a fraction of a second. Shafting them should be an obvious political non-starter.
- alistairSH 6y agoThen the businesses should pay for customer parking. Why does that have to be socialized at the expense of everybody else? A commuter may only be at one point briefly, but, they pass through many points on their route to work. And they do it daily across the span of years. Multiplied by thousands of commuters.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoIn my area they installed 100 foot bike lanes to nowhere to scam for federal transport funding.
- HarryHirsch 6y agoAh, yes, the old Boston Busing method. A patently ineffectual solution to a serious problem is implemented, so one side can point at it, saying "it doesn't work" while the other says "we did our best". The political class profits, while the best outcome for the citizens is no improvement.
- anitil 6y agoWouldn't better access help their businesses?
- loco5niner 6y agoNot if they steal vehicle lanes to do it like they did in my town.