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Medford, Oregon is ripping out a protected bike lane to make room for 40 parking spaces. Because who cares about the safety of bike riders when the convenience of drivers is at stake? (rv-times.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 61 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Three lanes of traffic thundering by is something I really enjoy experiencing when I’m visiting shops in the downtown area. The experience of reversing out of angled parking back into traffic is essential for me to consider shopping there!

It’s unfortunate.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Even Portland just put in a bunch of angled parking on Broadway on the east side. Granted it was a consolation in order to put in a semi-protected bike lane across the street and lower the road's speed limit, but good god is backing out blind into multiple lanes of through traffic an atrocious idea. There's no rationalizing it IMO.

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