Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
I get that the concept of protected bike-ways is an appealing one, but, have any of you advocates considered the cost? I get that it potentially protects your precious patootie, but, have you considered the cost? Or have you considered that it must be possible to create several miles of "standard" unprotected bike lane for every mile of protected bike lane created.
I commute through Seattle, where the approved facility choices seem to be door-zone bike lanes or poorly-implemented cycletracks. Since cycletracks cost much more, supporting cycletracks means fewer lane miles of perfectly rideable city streets are subjected to either of these worse-than-nothing approaches. So, yes, I've considered the cost.