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Originally Posted by atxsnail
I couldn't disagree more. We need bike lanes everywhere, including on both sides of street on major corridors like Airport. I use most of the bike facilities around North/Central Austin and see people using them all the time. This includes the new ones on Airport, which are very nice. The key feature for these is that they are separated/protected. Painted bike lanes on major arterial roads like Airport or Lamar suck and are a waste of paint. Separated bike facilities like these terra cotta ones are awesome. Everywhere else in the world it's been proven that bike use sees a massive jump after safe, all-level bike facilities are built in places people need to go.
The bike lane in front of that new apartment building on N Lamar is unlikely to see any use for many years. This is not because bike lanes are a waste, but rather that it's an orphaned lane and doesn't connect to a wider network. It's still good that it's being built, however. We had a crappy attitude about requiring developers to build sidewalks for too long and that's how we ended up with a crappy and disconnected sidewalk network.
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You’re focusing less on the fact that I agree with a comprehensive network and don’t see the
system as a waste, and more on the fact that building major two way bike lanes on both sides of any urban road is more than a bit profligate. It is also money that could have been used to pay for bike lanes elsewhere that need it more which would expand the network better, no?
Let’s just put it to rest, once and for all, that just because someone supports something does not mean they cannot ALSO see problems in its implementation. There is NOTHING wrong with being appropriately critical.
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