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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony of complaining about traffic while driving even though you are the traffic. [/quote]

There wasn’t any traffic until we took away one lane in each direction on a four lane road and made them bike lanes. Then suddenly, there was traffic.  Weird how that happened, huh? [/quote]

AZ Ave never was a four lane road. But then you know that.

Few and far between are the cases when lanes are taken away for bike lanes. Rather, bike lanes are more commonly installed by: (i) narrowing overly-wide lanes which encourage speeding; or (ii)  removing on-street parking, which usually improves traffic flow. I suspect you knew this also.

The claim that bike lanes is a common cause of traffic jams is so ridiculous that it barely warrants dignifying. Last I checked, no bike lanes have been installed on 495. Yet it’s clogged every rush hour. At this point, denying induced demand is akin to flat-eartherism.[/quote]
If traffic jams were really your concern you would advocate for banning street parking and replacing it with bike/bus lanes as appropriate.[/quote]

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