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[quote=Anonymous][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]

People need to learn how to plan better. Google Maps provides very accurate estimates of trip duration. Get organized and leave 15 minutes earlier if congestion slows your commute. A lack of planning on your part doesn’t constitute an emergency that justifies breaking a series of traffic laws.

And as much as drivers like to blame things like bike lanes, crosswalks, and speed cameras for congestion, decades of experience on American roads pinpoints the real culprit: drivers! Scores of neighborhoods have been razed and historic communties destroyed to build new highways, wider highways, flyovers, spaghetti junctions and all sorts of other monstrosities and yet gridlock is never far behind. Houston and LA are great examples of this if you want to experience it. [/quote]

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