Prohibiting any reduction of…

Prohibiting any reduction of lanes for bicycle lanes could mean that better alternatives to a current traffic flow cannot be considered. We can’t know what the future will bring nor what any municipality may want. We previously built roads without considering non-vehicle traffic. And that was a mistake. It seems shortsighted not to be able to fix a mistake. Cities are changing everywhere in unexpected ways. Malls are in decline, underused, when they used to be very popular.

Modern transportation includes low-cost, low-carbon cycling, especially in a world that will only further reduce its carbon targets. Protecting the safety of all seems the most ethical choice and that’s proven to be the case with bike lanes.