>"You're taking away parking space!" "All these bike lanes are slowing traffic"
Just put the bike lanes on the sidewalk instead of in the street then. That's how it's done in Finland and it seems much safer for everyone involved.
Just put the bike lanes on the sidewalk instead of in the street then. That's how it's done in Finland and it seems much safer for everyone involved.
This makes those lanes dangerous for both cyclists and pedestrians as a result, and very slow for cyclists compared to a regular bike lane. A third to a half of the cyclists opt for the bus lane instead (despite it being forbidden to cyclists). And they are not slowing the traffic. In fact, cyclists move faster than cars at the particular location I have in mind.
That's why some enthusiasts in .fi choose to cycle in traffic (even though that's not really legal if there's a bike path on the right).
Those points probably don't even matter. Each bicycling convert means one less parking space used, and one less car sitting in traffic.