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Why do you assume people aren't behaving rationally? Sorry, I thought this was clear from my comment: according the article, bike lanes are good for business.

by dfxm12 3y ago

Why do you assume people aren't behaving rationally? Sorry, I thought this was clear from my comment: according the article, bike lanes are good for business. Rational business owners want business to be good.

bluGill 3y ago
Bike lanes in the areas studied. That doesn't mean all bike lanes are good for business... Where I live with have extensive bike lanes. They are good for every bar and ice cream shop along the way: people use those bike lanes on nice Saturdays for a ride to the bars and ice cream shops on the way, and you can see all the bike racks outside of those businesses along the route. However this is bad for businesses not on the bike route as they lose out. It is also neutral for all businesses along the route that are not about alcohol or ice cream - nobody goes to the furniture store on a bike.
- UtopiaPunk 3y ago
  I drive by furniture stores in my car, and let me tell ya, nobody's going to furniture stores anymore. If you really want to spends thousands of dollars on a couch or kitchen table, just ask the store to deliver.
  - bluGill 3y ago
    The point is that people who buy furniture drive to the store. The store might deliver or they might take it themselves (if they have a truck they will save the delivery fee). It isn't just furniture - that is just an example. The bike lane is about alcohol and ice cream: nothing else! No clothing, groceries, restaurants, paint, golf simulation, gymnastics, dance, or dollar store gets customers from the bike lane. (I'm thinking of a specific strip mall in my town) Even the local bike store gets most customers by car!
    - UtopiaPunk 3y ago
      Oh weird, because I biked to my local coffee shop this afternoon to work on my computer. On the way, I stopped at a pharmacy to pick up a prescription, and then the local bakery to pick up a loaf of bread. After I'm done working, I plan to stop at the bike shop and the grocery store on my way home. There's no alcohol or ice cream on the errands list, but that's not a bad idea. And today is a Thursday even!
      - bluGill 3y ago
        I do similiar things- however people like us are outliers.

by dfxm12 3y ago

bluGill 3y ago

Bike lanes in the areas studied. That doesn't mean all bike lanes are good for business... Where I live with have extensive bike lanes. They are good for every bar and ice cream shop along the way: people use those bike lanes on nice Saturdays for a ride to the bars and ice cream shops on the way, and you can see all the bike racks outside of those businesses along the route. However this is bad for businesses not on the bike route as they lose out. It is also neutral for all businesses along the route that are not about alcohol or ice cream - nobody goes to the furniture store on a bike.

UtopiaPunk 3y ago
I drive by furniture stores in my car, and let me tell ya, nobody's going to furniture stores anymore. If you really want to spends thousands of dollars on a couch or kitchen table, just ask the store to deliver.
- bluGill 3y ago
  The point is that people who buy furniture drive to the store. The store might deliver or they might take it themselves (if they have a truck they will save the delivery fee). It isn't just furniture - that is just an example. The bike lane is about alcohol and ice cream: nothing else! No clothing, groceries, restaurants, paint, golf simulation, gymnastics, dance, or dollar store gets customers from the bike lane. (I'm thinking of a specific strip mall in my town) Even the local bike store gets most customers by car!
  - UtopiaPunk 3y ago
    Oh weird, because I biked to my local coffee shop this afternoon to work on my computer. On the way, I stopped at a pharmacy to pick up a prescription, and then the local bakery to pick up a loaf of bread. After I'm done working, I plan to stop at the bike shop and the grocery store on my way home. There's no alcohol or ice cream on the errands list, but that's not a bad idea. And today is a Thursday even!
    - bluGill 3y ago
      I do similiar things- however people like us are outliers.