Definitely has his grip on reality, this one
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Poorly implemented bike lanes do create a lot of congestion though.
My city just half assed bike lanes so one street has them and others do not, with bikes having to constantly enter and leave vehicle lanes as bike lanes appear and then disappear.
This just leads to less people using bikes and then the bike lanes that are installed go unused while taking up space from the road.
Either go all in on bike lanes or don't, stop half assing it city planners.
Just because you made a bike lane doesn't mean you are a green city, the lanes actually have to be used!
That's wrong. A bad bike lane is better than nothing. Because the first step is appropriation of the space, once people get use to have a smaller space for cars, the painting can be more easily transformed into proper infrastructure.
The problem there is enforcing said smaller space. Painted bike lanes do absolutely nothing to ensure people get used to having the smaller space because drivers still have all that space. A painted line doesn't stop them from swerving into the bike lane whenever they please.
At the very least you put flexi-posts on there to enforce it if you can't build a full curb to protect the bike lane. That tends to discourage drivers if not stop them entirely