There obviously more work to be done and I love that Chicago is so far ahead of so many cities when it comes to bicycle infrastructure.
There obviously more work to be done and I love that Chicago is so far ahead of so many cities when it comes to bicycle infrastructure.
Is this the same Chicago that sold all their parking meters to Wall Street making infrastructure changes really difficult because it would cut into parking meter profits?
Story at the end of this great 99pi
Yeah and I kind of love it anyway. Since the sale, meter pricing has sky rocketed which discourages driving. Fuck cars!!
I was thinking that might be a thing. Actually kind of poetic. Love it.
Discouraging driving is good but when a city can’t close or repurpose roads because of a parking meter contract, it kind of sucks.
I think the terms require that a specific number of street parking spaces be available. Clever design could repurpose the roads without impacting the number of spaces.
What I see here in Chicago sometimes is moving parking into a repurposed travel lane and then cycle lane between the relocated parking and sidewalk.
The sale of the meters certainly has an impact, but I don’t think it’s a show stopper. Fuck cars!
That’s probably why it’s so expensive. I guess it’s good to know that the loss of revenue is already baked into the cost of the project.