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Bunk · 11-03-2015, 02:46 PM

Transportation systems are most efficient when mode share is as more evenly split - private vehicle, transit, walk, cycle. A system catered exclusively to cars works poorly for everyone including (and especially) for people in cars.

The fact is the bike lanes carve out as much space as is its mode share (~3% of lane km downtown).

In fact, if we were to cater to the "majority" of commuters downtown, we'd have far more dedicated bus lanes and higher signal priority for LRT since 50% of commuters reach downtown by transit, about 39% by car and 11% by either walking or cycling.

11-03-2015, 02:46 PM	#335
Bunk Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Exp:	Transportation systems are most efficient when mode share is as more evenly split - private vehicle, transit, walk, cycle. A system catered exclusively to cars works poorly for everyone including (and especially) for people in cars. The fact is the bike lanes carve out as much space as is its mode share (~3% of lane km downtown). In fact, if we were to cater to the "majority" of commuters downtown, we'd have far more dedicated bus lanes and higher signal priority for LRT since 50% of commuters reach downtown by transit, about 39% by car and 11% by either walking or cycling. __________________ Trust the snake.