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Starting a business does not come with any kind of guarantees for eternaly persistent business conditions, nor does government give up its right to govern when you it gives you a business license.
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So if that were universally true, does that make it a good idea to unilaterally damage businesses so people can ride bikes? Or is it a bad idea?
And, in general, you are wrong about guarantees to business conditions. Almost all businesses, certainly all retail businesses, are guaranteed many things by city bylaws, codes and conditions including parking. That's why you don't see six liqour stores piled up in the same strip mall.
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Exactly, vehicle drivers are some of the most subsidized people in our society. They pay at most 50% of the total cost of the motor vehicle system.
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How much of the economy is generated through roads? It's kind of ironic that people riding bikes to their jobs in
downtown Calgary think they're not getting their money's worth from roads.
Also funny is that adding a paint line to an existing road....one that has already been bought and paid for, is in any way comparable to the capital expense involved in transportation budgets. Most of the actual bike lanes already exist.