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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who thinks eliminating the rush hour traffic pattern will cut accidents on Conn Ave hasn't driven that route lately.

Hope sense prevails and they reopen Beach Drive - [b]if there are bike lanes on Conn, why preserve an alternate route solely for bikes?[/b]

The outcome here will be more WFH (and more catastrophic impact on downtown businesses and office space) and more neighborhood cut-throughs by commuters. Enjoy! [/quote]

If there are car lanes on Connecticut, why do drivers need an alternate route through a park?[/quote]

Why do bikes need any of the roads all to themselves? You already have the trails. If the major car commuter route is now half car/half bike, the other local commuter road needs to reopen.

Honestly, this is just a terrible idea. I foresee many, many bike accidents on Conn from cars turning right.[/quote]

The trails are hardly the most convenient or direct way to get downtown (they're also barely lit at night, which makes riding home on them on wet leaves in the winter really fun, and by fun, I mean dangerous). Drivers don't like bike lanes, but they also certainly don't like when bicycles are in the regular car lanes. Seems like you can go faster if the bikes are all in their own lane than if we're riding in the road in front of you, no?[/quote]

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