Come on Frank, even you know that O’Toole is a fraud. He doesn’t complain that roads don’t make money, yet he complains about railroads not making money.

Good point. I’ve lived almost my entire life in an “urban” area, while residing in a single family detached dwelling. The neighborhood I grew up in in Denver has a little over 2X the density of the suburban neighborhood my mother lives in now, but the character of the two places are almost the same.

My point is 2 fold:

1. Increases in density do not have to compromise the character of a neighborhood.
2. I have yet to see the liberal gestapo marching people out of the suburbs and into high-rises. This hyperbolic b.s. is played out.

p.s. As a planner, I would say that parking is the most dastardly issue I face every day. It seems like every plan or development project inevitably gets hung up on parking, particularly in SF areas where residents don’t want people driving or parking on “their” streets. These instances create areas where there is no available parking despite the fact there are thousands of unoccupied parking spots. Or go downtown in anywhere USA. Parking is a bitch despite all the empty surface lots and garages.

How many are national or regional chains? Fast food?

Consistent pattern of lies from our little liar.

DS

It definitely has a faddish component in Portland. Now that I’ve been doing it for several months, I see plenty of fellow cyclists who appear to be riding simply to make snide social statements. Of course, I guess I’m one of those people, albeit in my own way, given that my “social statement” is the pleasure I derive from not riding TriMet. In reality though, health reasons were my primary motivator.

I’m not convinced that cycling is a fad in places like Minneapolis, though, where trendy political activism isn’t as prevalent as it is in Portland.

Thank you for the tacit admission that you are a cheap, low-rent liar.

We knew that already, but nice to see it in print.

No more reason to allow the propagation of your lying spam. Lie to yourself, alone.

DS

Why don’t you look into your crystal ball and illuminate us?

YOUR implicit argument is that the lane will continue to be wasteful. One would think YOU need to show how the investment for now, the near future and middle future is wasteful.

That is: transpo investments are for the future too. You want to argue that a multimodal future with no bikes is what will happen and therefore the lane is a waste. No one here wants to admit current trends will likely change.

DS