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Originally Posted by EastVanMark
City Hall has shown that they care little for pesky things like "economic impact"  but instead worries more about "important" things like growing wheat in your front yard. Its like a group of 7 year olds run the city.  |
7-year-olds care about growing wheat?
Remember, folks. There is long-term economic impact and short-term.
Short-term economic impact: Canada Line Construction
Long-term economic impact: Canada Line.
Personally, I feel the bike lanes are part of a long-term goal to make the city a better place. Many are all too quick to search out short-time negative impacts.
We shouldn't ignore short-term positive ones such as the little "appreciable" increase in congestion. If we've taken away 33% to 50% of roadspace off a road without a lot of impact in traffic, then we are using transportation lanes more efficiently and we're creating a downtown on a more human scale.
Some people say bike lanes are different from sidewalks because not everyone has a bike... any anyone can walk.
If that's the case (and I agree), then sidewalks really should be the priority. However, we ALL know that the likelihood of taking away a lane and giving it to pedestrians is pretty low.
So, for no other reason than the idea that we've more or less successfully removed lanes from downtown without a massive difference is a good thing that we're using what we have more efficiently. The Bike lanes are just a bonus.
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