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Bike Lanes a la San Francisco / Louisville
Mayor Greg Fischer!! According to Metro Public Works, Louisville has 3047 lane miles of road. Greg Fischer has touted 28 lane miles, costing $300,000 for bike lane stripping as “major evidence of sustainability”. On a road percentage basis that’s 28 / 3047, which is less than one percent. On a budget basis is far worse $300,000/$528,000,000 = 0.0006 and that’s 0.06%. “Major evidence of sustainability”. Really? Do any of our lanes look like these? http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/05/10/san-francisco-gets-its-first-green-bike-lanes-on-market-street...
Reasons you should ride a bicycle
Petroleum Free Transportation
combats global climate change
improves local air quality
leaves no oil on our streets and in our drinking water
keeps local dollars local
frees our military from protecting foreign oil
promotes global peace
Bikes Are
healthy exercise
smart personal economy
great traffic calming influences
family-friendly
not electric (coal or fracked gas fueled) vehicles
fun!
