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Yes, well in Alexandria, we put a higher priority on bike lanes than on traffic calming, stop signs, crosswalks and sidewalks. Anyone can look at Alexandria's transportation funding streams to see that. Or just talk to any of the residents who wait years to get crosswalks, stop signs, speed humps, etc., or whose kids walk to school or wait for buses on streets without sidewalks while bike lanes on high ADT arterial roads are given priority and funding. Or ask the city why those residents have to jump through hoops, put together lengthy petitions, and attend hearings to get safety improvements on residential roads where data shows legitimate safety issues while the city does all the leg work to get bike lanes approved on one of the safest streets in Alexandria. [/quote]

It's high AADT arterial roads that bike lanes are particularly needed on.

But in any case, it shouldn't be bike lanes vs. traffic calming, stop signs, crosswalks, and sidewalks. It should be bike lanes AND traffic calming, stop signs, crosswalks, and sidewalks. All  of those things make the roads safer for everybody.[/quote]

Well I actually agree with you there.  But until our city starts treating these things equally and prioritizing traffic calming as much as they prioritize bike lanes, people are going to be pissed.  Because honestly, most people care more about their kids walking safely to school, being able to bike in their own neighborhoods, and taking walks without near misses at every crosswalk than they do about bike lanes.  I know that isn't fair to cyclists, but that is reality. [/quote]

I don't find these things to be inconsistent at all- I live near a street with a bike lane and I feel much safer crossing the portion that has a bike lane than the portion with cars.  I would absolutely prefer to leave near a street that had zero cars and only bikes than a car-only street.  [/quote]

I am not really sure what your point is.  Not all streets can fit bike lanes.  In fact, most cannot. Those areas need and require other forms of traffic calming.  [/quote]

Unless a street is a single, narrow lane with no parking then it can fit a bike lane.  It requires taking space away from cars, but it can fit a bike lane.  Bonus, reducing lanes acts as traffic calming and is safer for pedestrians.  [/quote]

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