A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking space for ten bicycles

Re:A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking ... by laingc on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:32PM (#20408016)

This doesn’t directly address your point, but a particular cycleway in my city (Wellington, NZ) has unquestionably put several small businesses out of business, and is well on its way to killing a previously thriving village centre.

As a personal disclaimer, I lived in Europe for years, where my primary means of transport was a bicycle, and after careful consideration over many years I am firmly in favour of personal motor vehicles as a means of transport.

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Re:A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking ... by briga on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:42PM (#20408081)

It's interesting that you say the cycleway unquestionably put small businesses out of business--why do you think that?

In North America small businesses and town centres are generally under threat from big shopping centres and the way large highways that literally split communities in half. After seeing how smoothly dense cities in the Netherlands can function with advanced bicycle infrastructure I'm convinced that bikes should have an effect opposite to what you mention.

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Re:A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking ... by laingc on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:44PM (#20415030)

Well that’s not what I think, it’s a matter of public record and is widely known here.

The city council had to remove parking from in front of shops in order to put the cycleway in. No parks means no customers.

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