Ever wonder why bike paths are so expensive to build and take so many years, even decades, to build?
Here’s a perfect example why, from the very people you’d think would understand the problem. The California Bicycle Coalition is hot for better designed bike paths, the rationale being that the better the paths the more likely people are to use them. Unassailable logic… . provided time and money are not key variables.
The Coalition is supporting a bill in the legislature which would “require Caltrans to consult with all road users when developing statewide design standards.”
Look at the term “all road users.” That means just about everyone: walkers, bikers, car drivers, truck drivers — and the organizations that represent them.
You don’t need a Ph’d in political science to realize that this adds immeasurably to the time and cost of building ANY bicycle paths. And… it gives the paid staff of the California Bicycle Coalition even better job security.
It’s pretty discouraging.
