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Old 09-08-2015, 07:30 AM
 
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us...lock.html?_r=0

With LA now announcing their official plans to build hundreds of miles of bike lanes and Rapid Bus lanes, is Austin next?

I hope so. What this town needs, are hundreds of miles of separate-grade bike lanes, that cross the entire city, making it possible for every person to safely e-bike to their destinations, if they wish to do so.

Doing this, would take hundreds of thousands of cars off the roads during rush hour on most days), almost eliminating the concept of rush-hour altogether, improving air quality, and reducing auto-related deaths.

Then, people who truly do need to drive, can do so without actually sitting in traffic for 90 mins.
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Old 09-08-2015, 08:07 AM
 
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Pretty amusing how even the names of the ideas are the same. Also amusing that the people in LA are more open about what they are doing--making everyone who drives much more miserable--that the same folks in Austin.

As for the rest of your post--go back and read the article. They admit that the only way people get out of their cars is if the time to get anywhere by car increases dramatically.
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Old 09-08-2015, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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[...]go back and read the article. They admit that the only way people get out of their cars is if the time to get anywhere by car increases dramatically.
That is not the ONLY way....if the cost of driving a car goes up significantly, it could happen.
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Old 09-08-2015, 09:06 AM
 
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us...lock.html?_r=0

With LA now announcing their official plans to build hundreds of miles of bike lanes and Rapid Bus lanes, is Austin next?

I hope so. What this town needs, are hundreds of miles of separate-grade bike lanes, that cross the entire city, making it possible for every person to safely e-bike to their destinations, if they wish to do so.

Doing this, would take hundreds of thousands of cars off the roads during rush hour on most days), almost eliminating the concept of rush-hour altogether, improving air quality, and reducing auto-related deaths.

Then, people who truly do need to drive, can do so without actually sitting in traffic for 90 mins.
Austin was first. We've had a bike plan for years (adding miles of bike lanes each year) and has now moved on to adding protected/separated bike lanes. They also added a urban trails master plan, planning the fully separated paths.
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Old 09-08-2015, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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With LA now announcing their official plans to build hundreds of miles of bike lanes and Rapid Bus lanes, is Austin next?
Because Austin and LA are so similar and follow each others plans for transportation?
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Old 09-08-2015, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Because Austin and LA are so similar and follow each others plans for transportation?
No, but, but, but, I've never lived in Austin but have lived in Dallas and Chicago and they SHOULD be just alike! And they should both be just like CHICAGO! And Chicago should be just like DALLAS! And everywhere should be just like everywhere else!
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Old 09-08-2015, 01:02 PM
 
Location: Denver
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No, but, but, but, I've never lived in Austin but have lived in Dallas and Chicago and they SHOULD be just alike! And they should both be just like CHICAGO! And Chicago should be just like DALLAS! And everywhere should be just like everywhere else!
Exactly, Austin is so unique and special that nothing about the outside world applies to us. We're too good for freeways, trains, bikes, walking, and bringing them together in a coherent way. Gondolas are the clear forerunner here.


All facetiousness aside, Austin actually does have a pretty decent bike infrastructure already. There's definitely room for improvement, but I would venture to say that most people who live in the parts of town where its feasible to ride a bike already have protected lanes to most places they'd ride.

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Old 09-08-2015, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Austin
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Climates are completely different. Who wants to ride their bike to work in 100+ degree weather? Those people would be limited to working for companies who can supply showers. The amount of people you would get out of a car would be insignificant. You would never see any traffic relief because of it.
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Old 09-08-2015, 01:30 PM
 
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Climates are completely different. Who wants to ride their bike to work in 100+ degree weather?
No one.

Lucky for most of us, we don't ride to work at noon. We ride to work at 7 AM.
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Old 09-08-2015, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Austin
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No one.

Lucky for most of us, we don't ride to work at noon. We ride to work at 7 AM.
So maybe it shouldn't have said "to work", but it's still over 100 degrees to come home. It was 100 again yesterday and it's September!
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