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A Berkeley bike lane would eliminate 145 parking spaces. Residents are suing to stop it (www.sfchronicle.com)
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[-] Octavio@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago

What they're missing is the simple fact that the more people who ride bikes, the fewer parking spots you need!

I still say we should re-brand bike lanes as "Get bikes out of the way of our wonderful precious cars lanes" and then maybe they will realize that bike lanes make driving better too.

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub -2 points 23 hours ago

Parking in Berkley is harder to find than the abundance of existing bike lanes

[-] inari@piefed.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

Lucky for you, on a bike you won't need to find car parking spots

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Here's a map of the bike lane network in Berkeley. Not bad but you'll notice the vast majority of streets don't have them, including some that are quite busy. And some of these existing lanes aren't really safe with the speed of traffic on them.

https://bikeeastbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Berkeley-bike-map-2026.pdf

What do you suppose a map of street parking would look like? Does the fact that there is no such map tell us anything?

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub -1 points 19 hours ago

You know, I’m glad this is up to the residents of Berkley and not some internet warriors on Lemmy.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 0 points 8 hours ago

FWIW, Most of your points here are valid and many against you are not

But, resident or not, arguing against a bike lane in fuckcars isn't going to change any minds.

[-] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago

Maybe someone should invest in building a paid parking deck if it's sucg a problem, instead of relying on public infrastructure to support inefficient transportation.

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub 0 points 23 hours ago

Have you been to Berkley? It’s the least car-friendly city in the Bay Area. Has great public transportation. Again, it’s a poor example for a fuck cars argument.

[-] save_the_humans@leminal.space 1 points 18 hours ago

Have you been? You keep spelling it wrong lol. Public transportation there is far from perfect. And as someone that rode a bike there as my primary mode of transportation for 4.5 years (aside from walking and the occasional bus ride when the route was convenient), I can confidently say it's in definite need of some updated biking infrastructure. There were some very sketchy places to ride.

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub 0 points 18 hours ago

Go back and check it out. It has been updated. There’s even a map in this thread.

[-] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 0 points 22 hours ago

No no, I feel like this is just signs that its working.

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub -1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Exactly, the fuck cars movement already won in Berkeley. Calm the fuck down and let the residents park their cars. And STFU if you don’t drive or bike in Berkley on a regular basis.

[-] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

No thanks, go put your car somewhere else. The fact you're crying about it means its working as intended for the people who live there.

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