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

What kinds of streets that require traffic calming can't fit bike lanes? Especially since making general-travel lanes narrower is a well-established method for traffic calming.[/quote]

Well then you know more than Alexandria city staff. Congratulations![/quote]

It's really not an issue of knowing more. It's an issue of being willing to reallocate road space.

Here's some information from the federal government about traffic calming, including reduction in lane width: https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/Traffic-Calming-to-Slow-Vehicle-Speeds[/quote]

^^^Just like, after the Churchill High School student was killed in July on 6-lane Old Georgetown Rd, lots of people said that there was no room for wider sidewalks or protected bike lanes. But there is, if you reallocate 1 lane each way to a wider sidewalk and a protected bike lane. Or you could even make more room by reallocating 1 lane each way and narrowing the remaining 2 lanes each way.[/quote]

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