there s talk of pulling out the telegraph ave bike lanes pls

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there s talk of pulling out the telegraph ave bike lanes pls fill out this survey if you support them <https oaklandca formstack com forms telegraph ave survey dec 2020>

square-country-13088 · Answer

Done

square-country-13088 · Answer

Wtf is parking management A joke of some kind

cool-pizza-44770 · Answer

I don t get it Neither of these is pulling out the bike lanes this seems like a proposal to redo the street again in order to protect the bike lane further In the hi res image you can see this is just south of KP market so 23rd 24th of Telegraph looking North

cool-pizza-44770 · Answer

Gosh the protected one also got a fancy bus stop and plants

square-country-13088 · Answer

The first one lets cars double park in the bike lane The second physically prevents this

square-country-13088 · Answer

They want to pull out the protected bike lanes

square-country-13088 · Answer

Something about how the safety of people on bikes is less important than the convenience of storing your car

cool-pizza-44770 · Answer

removing the bike lanes makes space for like 3 more cars per block

cool-pizza-44770 · Answer

i don t really get why the city would go for undoing something they just built They generally fix a road like never so why fix it twice

bland-answer-10540 · Answer

because merchants and a ton of residents are obsessed with parking as the absolute golden standard of quality of life

square-country-13088 · Answer

As someone who pays attention to how this goes in most places it s usually a small number of vocal boomers that couldn t find a parking spot that one time and then saw a person on a bike roll a stop sign and now they re taking it to city hall

bland-answer-10540 · Answer

the way you get nice bike lanes and get to keep them is by being as loud as them which is why i suggest filling out the form voting emailing your city counselor etc

square-country-13088 · Answer

Even though study after study shows that more friendly bike and ped = more business

square-country-13088 · Answer

I do have one complaint about this bike lane though and I wish they d fix this I very much appreciate the restaurant parklets but they need to be on the sidewalk side of the bike lane not have people constantly shuffling across the bike lane without looking

square-country-13088 · Answer

cool-pizza-44770 · Answer

wow i ve always expected oakland to be a lawless land of insanity and surprise

able-vr-31152 · Answer

I HATE the choices they made on Telegraph IMO The bike lane should be on a raised extension on the same level as the sidewalk

bland-answer-10540 · Answer

< able vr 31152> agreed but now we get to pick between a shitty status quo and an even shittier one