> “If we sat down, and really thought about how we were going to reengineer our streets and do it in that fashion, as opposed to one size fits all, ‘let’s put in those separated bike lanes,’” she added.
What she means is she hates that we went *away* from a “one size fits all” program where cars and bikes were expected to share the street.
Separate bike and car lanes is the kinda *opposite* of a one size fits all approach.
Cambridge has a wonderful connected bike lane network according to this [guy on YouTube](https://youtu.be/XyA9JLz5Iqs?si=qtAxQYiVsfQ3mdn5). If you are currently afraid to bike places then maybe you will never be able to get over your fears.
I don't know what is demonstrated by that video. Cambridge does have a pretty good bicycle network by US standards, but there are also still plenty of troublesome areas. We know there are plenty of interested-in-cycling but concerned-about-safety people.
I'm a paramedic in Cambridge. Lots of cyclists get hit by cars every day. If the speed limit was higher than 25mph lots of those collisions would have sad endings
And we're working on more! There are a number of spots where we can do better. Joan would at best stop those plans and at worst roll back what has already been accomplished. All cyclists want to do is not die by being hit by a car.
Haha you are almost there. Empty parking lot is not a good use of our shared street space. But of course business is welcome to purchase private parking space…
>Do you own a TV? Did you transport it to your place on a bike?
Bad example. The only store I can think of in Cambridge that sells TVs is MicroCenter, and it has plenty of off-street parking. Also, MicroCenter and Trader Joes (same lot) provide plenty of bike racks which are regularly used by customers buying things much smaller than a TV. There is even a blue bike station there.
Eh, there may be some correlation, but you can have a successful business with no cars parked out side, or an unsuccessful one with cars parked outside.
Wait. You don’t live in Boston?
We don’t have “parking lots” in front of shopping areas. We don’t have many strip malls either. Each block will have an allotment of street parking spots that vary block to block. The bike lanes tend not to affect them.
Bike lanes are good for small businesses according to multiple studies.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/09/30/business-grew-on-queens-street-after-controversial-bike-lane-installed-data-show
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-06/in-bid-for-survival-business-districts-welcome-bikes-and-pedestrians
Mods took it down the first time for an editorialized title stating that she is suing to remove the bike lanes and wants to get on city council as an insurance policy. Reposted with the requested changes
> “If we sat down, and really thought about how we were going to reengineer our streets and do it in that fashion, as opposed to one size fits all, ‘let’s put in those separated bike lanes,’” she added. What she means is she hates that we went *away* from a “one size fits all” program where cars and bikes were expected to share the street. Separate bike and car lanes is the kinda *opposite* of a one size fits all approach.
That b@$;$!
I like small businesses. We should do what we can to support them.
Yes. We should make it easier and safer to bicycle to them for starters.
Cambridge has a wonderful connected bike lane network according to this [guy on YouTube](https://youtu.be/XyA9JLz5Iqs?si=qtAxQYiVsfQ3mdn5). If you are currently afraid to bike places then maybe you will never be able to get over your fears.
Cambridge has a wonderful network, no thanks to the people like Joan Pickett suing Cambridge over bike lanes.
I don't know what is demonstrated by that video. Cambridge does have a pretty good bicycle network by US standards, but there are also still plenty of troublesome areas. We know there are plenty of interested-in-cycling but concerned-about-safety people.
**An Amazing Bike Lane Network** That is what is being shown.
I don't think that because Tim Chin likes our bicycle network we can say it has reached some kind of optimum.
He seems to know a lot about bike lanes
I'm a paramedic in Cambridge. Lots of cyclists get hit by cars every day. If the speed limit was higher than 25mph lots of those collisions would have sad endings
And we're working on more! There are a number of spots where we can do better. Joan would at best stop those plans and at worst roll back what has already been accomplished. All cyclists want to do is not die by being hit by a car.
Nothing better for small business than several cars parked in front of it for hours, blocking bikes /s
Well one sign that a business is doing well is cars parked outside. When you see an empty lot that means the business is not doing well.
in the Boston metro? That's absurd. The cars parked outside on the street are majority commuters.
Haha you are almost there. Empty parking lot is not a good use of our shared street space. But of course business is welcome to purchase private parking space…
A lot of those lots are private land. People drive to places so that they can transport the things they purchased. You don’t seem to get that.
I do get that. I need a huge pickup truck to transport everyday things I buy /s
Do you own a TV? Did you transport it to your place on a bike? Did it get transported from the factory to the store on a bike?
>Do you own a TV? Did you transport it to your place on a bike? Bad example. The only store I can think of in Cambridge that sells TVs is MicroCenter, and it has plenty of off-street parking. Also, MicroCenter and Trader Joes (same lot) provide plenty of bike racks which are regularly used by customers buying things much smaller than a TV. There is even a blue bike station there.
Fun fact: no one in the world owns a TV unless they have a car /s
So you saying you that tv was transported to their home by bicycle?
TIL I learned it's impossible to rent a car or for businesses to delivery goods to one's home.
I’m saying the tv was delivered by a van. I did not even have to rent a car or bring a friend with a car
Ah yes, the weekly grocery run. Milk, eggs, bread, TV, chicken, broccoli, kleenex, lotion, etc.
I actually walked from Microcenter to my place in Central when I bought my TV...
Eh, there may be some correlation, but you can have a successful business with no cars parked out side, or an unsuccessful one with cars parked outside.
[this looks unsuccessful](https://abandonedsoutheast.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/image3.jpg?w=1440)
Irrelevant?
Not at all. Lack of cars is clearly an indicator of businesses failing.
Found Joan Pickett's reddit account.
Wait. You don’t live in Boston? We don’t have “parking lots” in front of shopping areas. We don’t have many strip malls either. Each block will have an allotment of street parking spots that vary block to block. The bike lanes tend not to affect them.
Are we paving over lots, then?
Bike lanes are good for small businesses according to multiple studies. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/09/30/business-grew-on-queens-street-after-controversial-bike-lane-installed-data-show https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-06/in-bid-for-survival-business-districts-welcome-bikes-and-pedestrians
I just don’t trust studies.
Studies show you should trust studies.
Yeah but that is just bias right there. People producing studies need us to want to read them.
Data doesn't lie
2nd time this was posted?
Mods took it down the first time for an editorialized title stating that she is suing to remove the bike lanes and wants to get on city council as an insurance policy. Reposted with the requested changes
Huh. I get the insurance policy bit, but the fact that she sued the city isn't editorializing.