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Well, we know what the city thinks about its small businesses, so I expect to see Connecticut narrowed down to one lane in each direction any day now with permanent bike lanes and with no street parking. In fact, DDOT will just drop the "Avenue" and rename it "Connecticut Way" or "Connecticut Lane."[/quote]

Study after study has found that bike lanes are good for small businesses.

So you can stop worrying now.[/quote]

This is all just fanciful. Replacing parking spaces with bike lanes is tantamount to dramatically reducing the total number of people in an area. Most people drive and if you make it too hard for them to drive, most of them will just go somewhere else. They'll be replaced by a small number of bicyclists. The net effect will be a small customer base for businesses. [/quote]

Well, yes, that's the general belief, but it turns out to be false.

Also, business owners tend to overestimate the percentage of their customers who arrive by car - and underestimate the percentage of their customers who arrive on foot, by bike, or via transit.[/quote]

ok, so you dont actually have a substantive response. got it. typical for dcum. [/quote]

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