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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]so what is the process to try to get this bike lan undone? any cost-benefit analysis will show massive costs to the neighborhood and commuters against tiny benefits for the 3-4 cyclists a day who use it[/quote]

You have to start by knowing what the current reasoning is.

Bike lanes are no longer about "traffic equity", "micromobility", "induced demand", the environment or any arguments along those lines.  DDOT no longer pretends that people use them.

Bike lanes are now considered a side benefit of "safety".  The point of which is to reduce and shrink the width of travel lanes in order to increase congestion and thereby reduce speeding.  
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Aside from increasing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing congestion just encourages drivers to look for other ways to save time, like rolling through stop signs. There's no free lunch here. If drivers expect their drive to work to take 25 minutes, you're not going to convince them that now it should suddenly takes 40 minutes. [/quote]

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