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Chicago to institute a bike toll booth

• dalke 14y ago
  The headline is incorrect. It's a proposal by some writer, and nothing that the city is putting into place. Quoting: 'OK, OK, OK, there is no actual "plan." I'm not handing him "The Plan." The plan is here, in this column, and I hereby give it to the mayor' Moreover, the idea isn't feasible. Excepting a few key bridges and other bottlenecks, it's very hard to put up tollbooths for bicyclists since it's easy to take another route. Cars are easier to toll since most people would rather go 60+ on a toll road than ~20 on a surface street. As a driver in the city, I'm surprised that the author doesn't want more people biking off of the streets. More cyclists means fewer drivers, means less crowded roads for the author of that article to enjoy.