• KrisND@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    To be honest, you may have a point. I can’t think of anything demanding thats within 1 city block from it. A school, some medical places and a gas station is pretty much the only things along it.

    Poor planning, could’ve been better spent.

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      1 year ago

      The key to bike infrastructure is that it needs to be a connected network. Even a path that goes 99% of the way directly from your house to your workplace is completely useless if there’s a barrier (e.g. a stroad that’s unsafe to bike along, a freeway with no bridge across, etc.) occupying the last 1%.

      That said, the other important takeaway is that a bike path like yours might be useless at the moment, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the money spent on it was a waste. Instead, it could mean that it’s vitally important the city keep going and build more connections to retroactively make it useful.