Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
But it is kind of funny when someone is attacking bikes and defending cars in a NIMBY way considering the relative damage done by each means of transportation. What next, a vigorous defense of putting a new airport in next door?
As I said, the bikes were being scapegoated. Read the article and the arguments presented. The
real issue wasn't the addition of bike lanes,
but the loss of convenient street parking on their block. In this car vs. bike climate it's nicer to avoid the NIMBY issue and blame it on some sort of class warfare.