Republicans are mentally toddlers who think if someone else gets something, even an intangible concept, there's less of that thing to go around. So if someone else is allowed to do literally anything that the toddler doesn't do themselves, CLEARLY that means something is being taken away from them.

If a bike lane goes in and the toddler doesn't like riding a bike, then that HAS to mean something is being taken from them.

When a local project was proposed to add a bike lane on one side of the road to allow safe passage of bikes, republicunts threw a goddamn tantrum, because we CAN'T take up part of the parking lots that nobody ever parks in because it's far away from storefronts, and we CAN'T take away that thin strip of green-brown that dies every year because it's right against the road, and it's money the city shouldn't be spending.

A little over a year later and they're halfway through expanding a new lane on each side of the road, pushing into parking lots, taking away the green and trees from both sides of the road, shutting down one direction for months at a time, and costing about 15x more than the single lane expansion and blocking off would have.

Adding another lane has so far caused several accidents as people realize they need a different lane and try to force their way into a spot to turn, or they get stuck in the turn lane and try to launch their car ahead of the normal flowing traffic and sideswipe the next lane or t-bone a car trying to turn into the main road.

But hey, at least we don't have any of those WOKE DANGEROUS DEI BIKE LANES