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Old October 26th 03, 01:58 AM
Chad Irby
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In article t,
Tank Fixer wrote:

However my city has extended that policy to converting road lanes to
bicycle lanes. Now we have unused portions of road and the traffic goes
even slower, producing even more polution.


Bike lanes are interesting. I saw a study a while back that suggests a
net *increase* in car/bike accidents when bike lanes are present.

Of course, I live in Orlando, the most dangerous US city for bikes and
pedestrians, so it's a fairly moot point...

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