Locally, there's a proposal to remove a path on a long bridge for most days of the week, and convert it into a car breakdown lane. There doesn't appear to be any evidence that this would improve traffic, but it will require those who would have walked/cycled/rolled to take a 40 mile detour.
Q3. Have you ever seen cycle infrastructure removed or threatened? How was it preserved, or if it was removed, what were the reasons, and what were the effects?
@ascentale#BikeNite A3. We're just starting to convert lanes for bicycles, and I only realized (through a city transportation council meeting) that the local transportation engineers REALLY don't seem to be a big fan of bicycle lanes, and even mentioned making sure they had the "ability to re-use the roadway and remove the bicycle lane" in the future. 😡
@ascentale A3: Honestly the best example I can think of is the Bush II administration sending Oregon's transportation plan back to them and telling them to rewrite it to get rid of all that transit and bike shit because The People - as in, their oil company backers - have chosen automobiles. #BikeNite
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