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TIL my city's bike lane expansion cut car trips by 12% in one year
Found the stat in the Portland transportation department's annual report last week, anyone else surprised how fast infrastructure shifts actually show up in the numbers?
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the_susan20d ago
My friend in Seattle told me their neighborhood got protected lanes two years ago. She used to drive her kid to school every morning because the route felt too dangerous to bike. Now she bikes with him three days a week and only takes the car when it rains hard or they have grocery runs. She said her commute time actually went down because the bike route cuts through a park and skips two big intersections. She was shocked the city numbers matched what she felt on the ground. Small changes like paint and posts really do shift how people move.
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