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Originally Posted by GullFoss
The answer isn't "no bike lanes", but the city could definitely revisit some decisions such as:
1. Why is there is bike lane on 8th street in Beltline instead of 7th/9th street
2. Why is there a bike lane on 12 Ave instead of 10 Ave
3. Why dedicated bike lanes don't exist on 5th Street or 5A Street (south of 17 Avenue SW)
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1. My place is a block over from 8 Street and I rely on the road heavily; I have no idea what bike lane on 8 Street you're referring to, there isn't one.
2. Yeah, this one f'cking sucks.
3. 5 Street south of 17 Avenue could make sense as it would add continuity to the bike lane system, and 5 St south of 17 Ave still handles a decent amount of traffic such that a lane would make it safer (but not *too* much traffic that it would cause snarls). However, it would likely mean the loss of the street parking along the SB side of 5 Street, I don't see a way to maintain both. A bike lane on 5a Street doesn't make much sense to me
because it's a sleepy residential road that doesn't handle a ton of traffic, so does a separated bike lane
really do a whole lot?