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Originally Posted by Oldmanb777
They have been doing similar around Denver for a long time. Not aas dramatic, but similar. Most have two small lanes for cars where it was two large lanes for cars., and two large bike lanes. Guess the bicycles pay more road taxes!!!????
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The difference between SD and DEN was that there was a ton of community meetings about the changes - people knew for well over a year. I was at some of the meetings that CouncilWoman Black held where this was a topic. She even brought in the city planners office for some.
And no, even ignoring that fact, there is no similarity in the two. A good example is Tamarac coming off of Hampden. There was plenty of room for bikes prior to the city restriping the road. There is still plenty of room for cars (2 lanes going in both directions) and bikes (with lanes on each side).
Despite how obviously large the road is, a bunch of old farts were still complaining about the changes b/c they were worried they wouldn't be able to stay in their lanes anymore - which indicates they probably shouldn't have a license anymore.
The SD thing is insanity, though. It's going to cause accidents, both car-car and car-bike. I can't understand how this made it through all the levels of bureaucracy to get approved. I wonder why they didn't interview the sitting councilman.