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Originally Posted by st7860
There was a bike lane setup on rupert street between grandview highway and 22nd avenue a few years ago for those that didn't already know.
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There's also a bike lane on 22nd. Apart from narrowing the [already] single-lane traffic, there's been no actual impact on cars. In fact, it's make parking safer as there's a barrier between moving traffic and parked cars.
I don't think it's fair to compare how many people travel on a given corridor when you're comparing bike lanes and cars. If that's the case, we wouldn't have ANY roads as the SkyTrain or any LRT carry FAR FAR FAR more people per square meter than a road ever could.
Rather, it's all about making transportation multi-modal and choice-friendly. It's easy to look at King George Highway and say it's underutilized because the SkyTrain carries many thousands more per hour.
The reality is that there are people who would never take transit. Just like there are people who would never ride a bike just like there are people who don't own a car.
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