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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean arguing for every form of traffic calming except bike lanes is not really in good faith. The NIMBYs will be out in full force equally when it’s just adding a median and dedicated bus lane and not bike lanes. [/quote]

I think you are referring to my posts in which I advocate for other traffic calming measures in situations where speeding or pedestrian safety is an issue but a bike lane doesn't really make sense.

Your attitude is infuriating because I don't argue against bike lanes *when they make sense.* The issue is DDOT suggest bike lanes any time a road is a problem and this is one of the reasons there is so much opposition to bike lanes -- because they are often thrust upon neighborhoods where there is little demand for them and where they are rarely used (in part because so many DDOT lanes are just paint on a road or flexible bollards between the lane and traffic on what everyone agrees is already a dangerous road -- who wants to bike on a road like that other than true diehards?). DDOT eliminates traffic lanes as well as residential parking for these bike lanes people didn't ask for and then bike advocate freak out when residents protest them.

If you really want to increase interest in biking, you'd focus bike lanes in areas where there is already a large cycling community and where demand is there. And then on the city's many dangerous roads where drivers regularly speed and drive dangerously (and almost no one bikes), you'd advocate for traffic calming measures that will ACTUALLY slow down drivers and make the road safe for pedestrians. And then guess what? People will want to bike there. But throwing a bike lane on a busy road like SD Ave and doing nothing else to slow drivers will only make people say "why the heck is there a bike lane here that no one uses?" It does not actually accomplish your goals.

Or you could claim that anyone who ever opposes a bike lane is a NIMBY who will also oppose other measures because that makes it easier for you to keep trying to impose your will on other residents of the city instead of actually talking to people and listening to what they have to say (even when it's "I don't want a bike lane on this road").[/quote]

They accomplish narrowing the street and slowing cars down. Any other questions?[/quote]

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