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A comment on Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law. Parent comment

Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by rayiner on Thursday April 11, 2019 @12:52PM (#19636567)
How many people commute by bike in Cambridge versus by car? And what’s the cost of inconveniencing all those drivers by having bikes buzzing around?
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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by icebraining on Thursday April 11, 2019 @01:12PM (#19636790)
If almost all commuters are car drivers, then there won't be many bikes buzzing around inconveniencing them. And if there are enough bikes to inconvenience the drivers, then there are enough to justify investing in their own infrastructure.
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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by just_steve_h on Thursday April 11, 2019 @01:52PM (#19637263)
Actually the City of Cambridge installed a bike counter on one of the main thoroughfares toward one of the bridges over the Charles River into Boston. There are more than 1000 trips in each direction on a weekday.
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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by z2 on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:31PM (#19639449)
https://pb.cambridgema.gov/pb4bikecounter

That's kind of cool! At a glance, also kind of expensive at $90,000 for 3! A quick search shows the hardware costing around $5,000 each.

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by analog31 on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:07PM (#19640205)
Traffic congestion and inconvenience are caused by cars in vast disproportion to bikes. The sheer volume of car traffic is the primary predictor of congestion.
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