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12-06-20, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vespasianus

Yeah, I see it down here in the SE USA. Our area was awarded a $20 million grant to build a bike/pedestrian bridge. The current bridge is cars only and really limits people. People have been up in arms about this talking about how much a waste it is and they should use it to improve the auto section. What is silly is that on the other side of town, they have a bike/pedestrian section on the bridge and it is highly used and is very popular.

Same thing here in Ann Arbor, MI. Driver hate is perhaps not so strong, but there is resentement about $$ spend on bicycling facilities. Thought I feel our City Coundil is not so smart about things.

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