Submitted by Locksmith-Pitiful t3_ylf027 in providence
Dinosquid t1_iv55k4v wrote
Reply to comment by Draw-Ornery in Why does everyone hate Elorza? by Locksmith-Pitiful
>and there’s maybe a handful of people who use them.
Woah, I must be hallucinating when I see people use them all day every day, even in the pouring rain!
Draw-Ornery t1_iv9dh5u wrote
I’m glad that the 12% of bike users in prov are enjoying them(pg 15) (https://pvdstreets.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/21-8057-Providence-Great-Streets-Initiative-Report.pdf Maybe you see those type of people in downtown or on the east side ( though I usually see people walk or use the electric scooters atp) but in the North and South I see even less than a handful. And that joke of an initiative near PC should shine a light on how much they’re “needed”. The bike path that cost thousands to make, and then we get rid of it a week later, costing thousands more. Most of the bike paths we have have been heavily opposed including students themselves https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/11/mcgough-23-biking-in-providence-is-bad-and-brown-is-part-of-the-problem. Im here for the planet, and sustainability but providence is too small, and filled up w too many people who use cars for there to be a lane taken away and given up for 1 person to use. I could see the funds being used for a lot more, like the craters on the roads, but Elorza doesn’t have my vote, and idc what anyone says 🤷🏽♀️ kinda new to Reddit so go ahead and dislike this comment? Idek what the arrows are for tbh
Dinosquid t1_iva232n wrote
That’s about 22,000 people in Providence alone who use bikes. Does that even count all the folks from the surrounding areas who bike in to providence?
A huge difference from the “handful” you originally purported.
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