[The Larger Cyclist]

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bike-lanes-on-richmond-san-rafael-bridge-seen-as-contributing-to-pollution-traffic/

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[andystow]

brooksby wrote:

For those who just couldn’t be @rsed

(SPOILER ALERT!)

 

 

 

 

 

CBS News wrote:

Caltrans says the four-year bike lane pilot program ends in November, and it will reassess after that. But the agency says gridlock was a problem well before that lane was closed to traffic.

But the lane isn’t closed to traffic. It’s closed to motor vehicles.

[chrisonabike]

Shurely “Outcome – two tribes

Shurely “Outcome – two tribes, Mad Max on one side, Premium Rush / John Forester on the other”.

[David9694]

Outcome – you now have no

Outcome – you now have no choice other than to endure the gridlock.

[brooksby]

For those who just couldn’t

For those who just couldn’t be @rsed

(SPOILER ALERT!)

 

 

 

 

 

CBS News wrote:

Caltrans says the four-year bike lane pilot program ends in November, and it will reassess after that. But the agency says gridlock was a problem well before that lane was closed to traffic.

[Simon E]

David9694 wrote:

“if you don’t give us what we want, the pollution we make will get worse”

”And even if you do give us what we want then the pollution will still get worse” (because more vehicles will use the bridge).

[AlsoSomniloquism]

“We don’t want to remove it

“We don’t want to remove it fully, just in the morning commute.”

#Wondering how they think the bridge length of concrete bollards will be moved and returned for two hours each morning#

[HoldingOn]

Driver logic: “I hate sitting

Driver logic: “I hate sitting in this queue of cars! There is a perfectly good bike lane right there! Let me use it!”

Logical logic: “Get on a bike and use the bike lane.”

Government logic: “Bike lane has to go. We should also widen the bridge for more cars.”

[David9694]

“if you don’t give us what we

“if you don’t give us what we want, the pollution we make will get worse”

[Steve K]

Of course, the last sentence

Of course, the last sentence in the article is the key one.

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