Truth: Bike-lanes help solve traffic congestion.
Lie: Bike-lanes hurt street shops if they replace parking.
Truth: Bike-lanes help street shops more than street parking does.
Lie: Bike-lanes cost us too much.
Truth: Bike-lanes save us all public money.
But the store owner LOVES parking in that spot right outside…
Bike-lanes mean business. #UrbanTruth
Truth: Bike-lanes help solve traffic congestion.
Lie: Bike-lanes hurt street shops if they replace parking.
Truth: Bike-lanes help street shops more than street parking does.
Lie: Bike-lanes cost us too much.
Truth: Bike-lanes save us all public money.
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This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...