Is Bike Infrastructure Going Too Far?

Even the most well-planned and well-conceived bike lanes face some level of public pushback. The recently-opened Dickens Greenway in Chicago seemed to check all the boxes as a reasonable investment that everyone could support, yet community opposition delayed it for more than four years. In this video, I cover all the arguments against the lane, the reasons it still made sense to build it, and a controversial surprise element that ended up being as beneficial to pedestrians as it is to bikes. Intro 00:00 The Ideal Bike Lane 00:50 Public Opposition 01:56 The Greenway Today 02:32 Equitable Investment 03:16 Redundant or Replacement? 04:16 A Surprise Enhancement 05:03 Summary 06:10 #bikelover #bicyclelife #bikelane #bikelanes #bikelife #bikesafety #rideabike #bikecommute #bikecommuter #chicagotravel #lakemichigan