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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
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 in 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.
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I think the issue they had with that initial plan is they couldn't make it work with the fire station. I'm not sure if that was a lack of imagination, fire station veto power, or something else. But that was the claim at the time.
I do agree though, they should be on roads suited for them. Or perhaps...no roads? Perhaps we just need the bike version "The Penetrator". Elevated bike-ways with access to everywhere.