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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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[+] -14 points 4 days ago (17 children)

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.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 days ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    I lived there from 2017-2022. I saw some of those upgrades, and I have been back a few times. As was mentioned with that map, is that some of those bike paths still aren't exactly safe with how close you are to traffic. Many of those are just cross streets with a bicycle painted on the ground.

    Here's a map of proper bike lanes, and areas of high and low stress in the city. You can see there's still work to be done. Don't get me wrong, you can get around most places, but those high stress areas are hard to avoid sometimes.

    Here's what some of those "paths" look like from that original map posted above.

    And here is the street in question, for the proposed upgrade.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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

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  • [+] -20 points 4 days ago* (3 children)

    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.

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