Culver City in Los Angeles introduced a new bike lane that boosted cycling by 57%. Now it’s being removed for cars.
"A project called Move Culver City was launched in November 2021 with the aim of encouraging biking and walking through the 1.3-mile downtown corridor in the Culver City area.
"The project claimed traffic lanes along the Washington and Culver Boulevard strips, creating bike and bus lanes in their stead, reducing the lanes for vehicle traffic to one in either direction. The project was met with mixed opinions over the last few years.
“And while a report released this month by Move Culver City boasted a 57 percent increasing in cycling along the Washington and Culver Boulevard corridor over pre-pandemic levels, the Culver City Council voted 3-2 earlier this week to end the program, remove the bike lanes, and return the corridor to two lanes of vehicular traffic in each direction ‘wherever feasible.’”
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a43741587/culver-city-removing-bike-lanes/
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@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @green @usa that’s depressing. I confess that as I get older, I am losing enthusiasm for having these fights in my community and thinking about moving somewhere that is already people-oriented
I confess that as I get older, I am losing enthusiasm for having these fights in my community and thinking about moving somewhere that is already people-oriented
I think it’s important to care for yourself! Do whatever is necessary to be happy and then come back to fight the good fight :)
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @green @usa “the experiment was a success, not let’s go back to the way things were.”
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @green @usa
The Lesson: The Auto Manufacturers lobby is stronger than the Bike Manufacturers lobby. 🤔We are truly doomed as a species
