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Regarding the scrapping of bike lanes; before you do this please take a look at Rotterdam vs Amsterdam. One of these cities implemented far going cycling and walking infrastructure while the other went the north American way and made more lanes for cars. Since we have known about induced demand for decades it comes as no surprise that the city without good cycling networks has more traffic congestion than the one with. Don't take the Rotterdam route, it is proven not to work.
This is only from a drivers perspective BTW. If you need to drive to get to where you are going you should be in favour of bike-lanes. Not surprisingly having less people in cars will shorten your commute. There are millions of reasons that are not about driving and an interesting Danish study found that for every unit they invested in cycling infrastructure they saved 8 in other fields, mostly from improved health in the general population.
Again, this has been proven over and over again in city after city of all sorts of climates from southern France to northern Finland. Please think before you do this. It will backfire, it always does.
Submitted November 2, 2024 12:57 PM
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Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
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