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Empty Bike and Bus Lanes Are A Feature, Not a Bug

People stuck in a car in a lane next to a bus or bike lane shouldn’t be mad at the bus or the bike lane. If they had access to the bus or bike lane, it, too, would quickly clog with cars and trucks.
Empty Bike and Bus Lanes Are A Feature, Not a Bug

This essay is part of Streetsblog’s “Car Harms” series, a package of stories designed to remind policymakers and the public of the hidden costs, dangers, inefficiencies and just plain old sadness that come from building our city around the needs of drivers. Auto-dependency has undermined the joy and beauty of our great urban spaces, and that must change. Click here to read the full series.

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One measure of the pernicious dominance of cars on urban streets – even on Manhattan streets – is how often you don’t even notice them.

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