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Re:Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneapolis by NovemberWhiskey on Thursday June 23, 2022 @02:59PM (#31853682)
This reads as "I don't believe it's a problem and I don't believe it when people tell me it's a problem". Why exactly do you think these merchants are salty about the changes? What reason do they have to misreport on this stuff?
Re:Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneapolis by dionidium on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:42AM (#31863954)
I think it's pretty easy to think of reasons:

1. They drive to work and erroneously assume their customers also arrive by car

2. They're more likely to be old and dedicated to a car-centric society

3. They're more likely to live in outer boroughs and don't care much about neighborhood walkability

4. They heavily protested the changes and are invested in the idea that it wouldn't work

5. The minority of their customers who do drive are very loud. They hear them complain whenever they come in and so erroneously assume they're representative.

6. Self-reports are generally unreliable and inferior to actual measurement

I think I could probably think of more, if I had to.

Re:Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneapolis by frosted-flakes on Thursday June 23, 2022 @04:24PM (#31854692)
Because they themselves drive down those streets.