Originally Posted by
Newspaperguy
The biggest problem with dedicated cycle paths is the cost.
Compared to what? It's a drop in the bucket compared to what's invested in car infrastucture and is cheaper to build than underground systems. In my city, our 120 kilometers of physically separated bike paths cost much less than our metro line and move many times more people.
Originally Posted by
Newspaperguy
How then can one sell a bike path or a multi-use path to the majority of the population, since many will not use it?
One could start by explaining to them that the more people we get out of their cars, the more fluid automobile traffic will be, the cleaner their air will be, the fewer greenhouse gases we'll be spewing out, the healthier the population will be... There's certainly no shortage of arguments in favor.