Originally Posted by
Bekologist
bike facilities that encompass the entirety of current best practice american road design accommodates bicyclists wanting to use public roads for transportation. why do you have a problem with that?
i don't have a problem with it if we could afford everything. but i'd rather have my tax dollars spent first on a decent public transportation system so i could get rid of my car and live like i did in tokyo. once that is completed, sure, paint as many lines on the road and build as many bike paths as you'd like.
p.s. i know the make smaller sweepers - our city has one, for downtown sidewalks. i was speaking more from a fiscal standpoint: when asking cities to put the bike lanes between sidewalk and parking instead, realize there is more expense involved in that than just paint on the ground. they'll have to totally redo the way they clean the streets.