Bike Lanes increase pollution

Most bike lanes increase traffic, pollution, fatalities, and costs to society. I rode to work for years. Still, whenever I see a bike lane, I remember the following: bike lanes increase traffic, pollution, fatalities, and costs to society. Which is why Californian's love them: they are anti-progress, anti-tolerance, and hurt more people than they help. What's not to like? ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2018-04-26

Factoids

• "Bicycle trips account for only 1% of all trips in the United States. However, bicyclists face a higher risk of crash related injury and deaths than occupants in motor vehicles."
• "27 percent increase in areas with new sharrows and a 43 percent increase in areas where nothing changed."...."Ferenchak said sharrows seemed to have a small effect on encouraging people to bike but provide no additional protection."
• This is in line with what Dutch bike planner Dick Van Veen told Streetsblog about sharrows in the Netherlands: They should be used in tandem with significant traffic-calming measures — on a street with fast traffic, to put down sharrows alone would be considered “unethical.”
• "As a consequence of the idling traffic (due to bike lanes), pollution levels have risen, contributing to what is now deemed a toxic stew. Ironically, cyclists are especially harmed, and not just because the bike lanes they speed upon are adjacent to tailpipes. "
• "Health and safety costs aside — per kilometre travelled, cyclist fatalities are eight times that of motorists — the direct economic burden associated with cycling megaprojects is staggering."

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🔗 Links

• https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/bicycle/index.html
• http://amonline.trb.org/trb60693-2016-1.2807374/t022-1.2817530/538-1.2817718/16-5232-1.2817739/16-5232-1.2817740?qr=1
• business.financialpost.com/opinion/lawrence-solomon-ban-the-bike-how-cities-made-a-huge-mistake-in-promoting-cycling
• Increase in fatalities: https://www.dailywire.com/news/29913/hit-and-run-fatalities-jump-more-people-bike-work-paul-bois

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