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Bike lanes PROS:
- Allow people to cycle where the businesses are, boosting economic activity
- Provide people access to the cheapest, fastest, and most eco-friendly mode of transportation
- Keep people safe while doing so
- Reduce the number of cars on the road, helping ease the gridlock and pollution for everyone
- Removing them would cost money and cause more road closures
Bike lanes CONS:
- It's possible they add a few minutes to some drivers' commutes (even if they are reducing the traffic overall!)
Living in a society - let alone a multimillion city - requires making decisions that benefit the common good, even if they slightly inconvenience some individuals. I cannot see how some people's privilege to get to their destination a few minutes faster can trump the right of others to simply get to the same destination safely.
Submitted November 14, 2024 9:48 AM
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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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