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Originally Posted by Canehdianman
I would say the 20% figure is highly suspect (not to mention that your numbers are a 5% increase, not 20%).
I was just surprised that the end result of adding bike lanes in certain areas is going to be a slower commute for 99.9% of people. Maybe I'm just not aware of the cyclist safety issues that exist downtown? Regardless, it doesn't seem very logical to me to slow down the commute for the majority of people unless there is a large safety issue at play.
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The idea is that the vast majority of people don't commute using bikes because they feel unsafe. I use a fairly untraveled (car-wise) route to downtown including the river path so it's not a huge issue for me, although in the summer I feel for the pedestrians on the river path or anyone who doesn't think their commute to work is the Tour de France. There are a tonne of dickbag cyclists who ride too fast and unsafely on the river path, hopefullythey take it to the street.