http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Economics of bike lane 'war of words' en Sun, 31 May 2026 12:44:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2498#post-26554 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:05:35 +0000 wingpig 26554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It might affect London, which is certainly trying to be a bit like New York with its mayors, new cycle superhighways and hipsters on fixes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2498#post-26553 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:32:47 +0000 Kim 26553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is a suggestion that this storm in a tea cup could "<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2011/mar/09/new-york-bike-lane-cycling">affect the future of cycling worldwide</a>", by a journalist who evidently doesn't know much about cycling worldwide... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2498#post-26473 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:22:35 +0000 SRD 26473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>good one! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2498#post-26472 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:53:04 +0000 chdot 26472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> A brief summary: Mr Cassidy is unhappy with the exuberance with which New York has added bike lanes in recent years. He enjoys the use of his car and finds it convenient, and all those bike lanes are occupying space that used to be dedicated to free on-street parking.</p> <p>...</p> <p>As things stand, given that cyclists help alleviate some of these externalities (a cyclist takes up dramatically less road space than a car, doesn't use on-street parking, does not emit ozone, and does not contribute to climate change) it seems quite sensible to allocate a larger share of New York's roadways to lanes for cyclists. From an economic perspective.<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/03/tragedies_commons" rel="nofollow">http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/03/tragedies_commons</a> </p>