tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778280.post8159634078504377170..comments2023-10-22T05:42:46.637-05:00Comments on Bike Lane Diary: The world has come to an end.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778280.post-77315563087655765462007-12-19T08:00:00.000-06:002007-12-19T08:00:00.000-06:00True, restricting lanes may have an impact on tran...True, restricting lanes may have an impact on transit but this isn't a closed system with only cyclists and transit being able to change. You are talking about the symptom of a problem, not the problem itself. The problem is that there are more cars than necessary on the streets. Whether those drivers get in a bus, on a bike, or just pile up 2-4 people per car doesn't matter to me but I don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778280.post-28256862125221692372007-12-19T07:40:00.000-06:002007-12-19T07:40:00.000-06:00The city may not have collapsed, but it has been s...The city may not have collapsed, but it has been sheer hell getting around this week for me. Fine while on the subway but the surface routes have been awful. My normal 20 minute bus ride to the subway has stretched to as much as an hour due to the constricted lanes. Did the sky fall in, no. Am I miserable, yes. Don't get me wrong, I'm agitating as loud as anyone for bike lanes. But I'm not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778280.post-35983121750478684242007-12-18T20:55:00.000-06:002007-12-18T20:55:00.000-06:00yes, it is astounding how road and building projec...yes, it is astounding how road and building projects can constrain the roads but somehow life goes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778280.post-79429817352467432542007-12-18T09:29:00.000-06:002007-12-18T09:29:00.000-06:00This is also true of the countless construction al...This is also true of the countless construction allowances where a lane is closed for a year or two when a building is going up. Traffic survives somehow. I wish someone were doing studies to show the effect of these and whether the lane really needs to be restored to regular traffic after construction.<BR/><BR/>(Or perhaps Ootes could get on the case of the construction industry for increasingGMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044894066043271062noreply@blogger.com