• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This is a bit of a reach but bike lanes are most effective when they connect directly. That means they are built on major roads, not cul-de-sacs that go nowhere.

    Who buys roads in front of major roads: the poor. Because the expensive homes are in cul-de-sacs far from the heavy road noise.

    So the law is equally just to rich and poor in the same way it is equally just to rich and poor by making sleeping under a bridge illegal.

    Everyone benefits from the bike lanes, but only the poorer homeowners are inconvenienced.

    • yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      Bike lanes can totally be helpful if you have a single street that serves as the entrance for several groups of houses. If you have bike lanes all the way from the houses to the street, you will significantly lower the amount of people who drive