Quokk.auThe Utah Senate passed a bill banning Salt Lake City from taking space away from cars for bike lanes and bus lanes
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This is stupid.
We have that here in Ontario too. It’s fucking moronic.
Ohh no, a cyclist, they’re ruining my commute by using the bike lane that doesn’t interfere with traffic at all!
The only answer is to aggressively take the lane all the time. It’s legal, and it’s the safest option.
It’s illegal to ride on the sidewalk, and it’s dangerous to ride on the shoulder. The shoulder is a great place to puncture a tire because it’s full of debris and glass and sometimes nails. It’s also got drainage grates that your wheels can catch in, parked cars, and there’s no protection from getting sideswiped by mirrors.
In my city it’s also sadly common for trucks making wide turns to kill cyclists who are on their right.
This is about changing streets, not maintaining existing bus/bike infrastructure.
It’s still stupid, just for a slightly different reason.
Yeah, we have exactly that, and attempting to suspend civil liberties to remove bike lames.
But if you can get the local traffic off the road by making bike and bus lanes, then there’s fewer cars making traffic for further away commutes.
Easy solution expanded the sidewalks first into the street/lane. Then next year add a bike path (at sidewalk level) without actually taking away any car lanes.
Alternative just pedestrianize the full street and then add in trams and loading/delivery.
Wow, I’m so used to the “small government” GOP in Texas using the state legislature to force cities into compliance with their dogma, it’s almost refreshing to see another horrible state do it.
expecting logic out of a city and state run by cult members is illogical
I guess bike lanes are to liberal
They totes are, fam.
Liberal in the American sense, not in the rest of the world sense.
People who want to ride bikes should do so from the comfort of their own home. It’s just common sense!