Originally Posted by
bkrownd
Mmmm....have you checked what these things cost recently? You can't get construction workers to leave the lunch room unless there's at least a few million involved.
Official cost according to Toronto Bike Plan is $25000 per km. It's ridiculously high, but even as it is, last year Toronto must have spent, um, $175 K on bike lanes last year... Not close to a million.
Of course, as a nation the U.S. spends millions on painting bike lanes. But as a nation it spends millions and billions on everything - it's a big rich place, you know.