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Originally Posted by GTG_78
There will never be anything close to that. Ever.
I would love to know when supporters of this sinkhole believe the costs are too much. When it triples again to $300 million? Is that worth getting a few hundred more people cycling?
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In the 2021 census there were already census tracts in the inner city where cycling accounted for between 5% and 10% of commuting. (And that was a weird year because the data was collected during the pandemic, meaning way less commuting in general). There has been a lot more bike infrastructure built since then, and the population of the urban core has increased significantly, both of which have led to measurable and substantial increases in cycling. Finally, measuring commuting trips isn't the best way to determine transportation mode share. Lots of people don't commute by bike, but still use it to replace lots of other trips that would otherwise be done by car.
So actually I think that it's totally reasonable to think that for a majority of the year, we could definitely see those kinds of numbers or better on much of the peninsula. If even a modest portion of those cycling trips replace car trips, that can only improve congestion.
No one is going to force you out of your car. But good infrastructure will tempt other people out of their cars, reducing overall car traffic (not enormously but a little) and probably more importantly, keeping cyclists in their very own lane, out of your way. Win-win.
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