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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was very against the bike lane in my neighborhood (Kenyon St NW) because I thought it would just take up parking space and go unused like other bike lanes nearby (Warder, Park Pl). Instead it connected the area and now I see dozens of cyclists during my commute. So I’ll eat my words - it’s been fantastic for the neighborhood! It hasn’t added much traffic either, my commute time by car hasn’t changed. [/quote]
Do you prefer better transit access or bike lanes? That is the question.

The Columbia Rd bike lane had on average 190 counts every day in the month of October. If people were going both directions, then that is 95 individual riders. You can fit than many people in a handful of buses. Do you think limited public space should go to this inefficient purpose or to improve transit options in some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city?[/quote]

No, it’s not the question. Stop pretending that bike lanes somehow reduce transit access. Everyone who is pro bike lane is pro transit. [/quote]
Setting aside valuable public land for the use of 95 people a day on bicycles instead of allowing for potentially thousands to use it for transit is exactly what it is. Shameful.[/quote]

Since the MoCo BRT isn't funded in the near future, and the focus is on vision zero, why is taking away public land from tens of thousands of people driving in cars for the 95 people on bicycles ok?  Makes no sense to me - will just make traffic more unbearable than it already is [/quote]

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