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Originally Posted by wong21fr
Which is a great example why bike lanes are really Lexus lanes- because cyclists who use them are from the upper classes and are using a bicycle by choice while their car sits comfortably parked in it's own dedicated spot. Transit is for the masses, cycling is for the wealthy.
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Say huh now? Have any data to back up these wild assertions?
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The closure of B-Cycle stations in poorer neighborhoods is another great example of cycling's position as a choice of the wealthy.
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I fail to see how you can draw that conclusion. Perhaps poor people don't want to pay for an expensive bike sharing luxury, when the alternative of owning a dedicated bike exists...seems just as likely.
Even if ALL of that were true, one needs only look to other cities around the world to see that bicycles can be successful across basically every economic line (including in climates similar to Colorado's). Even IF I thought bicycles were the exclusive domain of the wealthy in Denver (I don't), beginning to embrace the culture of bicycle commuting should absolutely be one large spoke in the multi-modal transit system of Denver's future.
We're not choosing between transit and bike lanes, and it's one hell of a strawman you guys are beating to think that it is.
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