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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
100%. As a cyclist I don’t want to be in the same lane as a car. As a driver I hate having cyclists in the same lane as I am. Bike lanes, especially an extensive, well maintained network of them, benefit everyone.
It’s hard to believe people are still crying about the few we have.
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I want way more goddamned bike lanes, but I also do want the city to be a bit more mindful about *where* they put them. 12 Ave SW is a busy, high volume route and a crappy place for the one it has. It would have been way better suited to 10 Ave SW.
Aside: We were walking back from dinner along the south side of 12 Ave SW and I hear a faint "ding ding" behind us and turn around to see some guy on a bike in full gear riding along the sidewalk. Having a margarita or two in me, I said "GEE, I SURE WISH WE HAD BIKE LANES IN DOWNTOWN. I BET THAT WOULD MAKE WAAAAAY MORE SENSE THAN SOME GROWN-ASS DUDE RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK," and some guy walking the other way was like "Where even are the bike la--" then looked across the street at the north side of 12 Ave SW to see the nice protected (and empty) bike lanes and proceeded to double-over in laughter. Bike guy just gave me a dirty look and kept going.
I don't care; tequila told me to say it and tequila was
right.