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Originally Posted by troutman
What is not true?
BTW, I'm all for more cycling. Just reporting what I read. Trying to remember where I saw that - maybe Twitter.
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That Vancouver and Portland are scaling back capital expenditures for bike routes AND that cycling trips have plateaued. Cycling is up in Vancouver over the last 5 years, has the highest share of bike trips in the country, has the lowest accident rate for cyclists by far of any North American city. Portland did stall at 6% (which is huge by American standards) but looks to be edging up again. Interestingly, Portland's ENTIRE bike network cost as much as 1 new mile of 8 lane freeway. But lets moan about bike infrastructure costs s'more.