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Protected bike lanes increase Citi Bike ridership in New York City, but painted bike lanes do not, new study finds (www.nature.com)
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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 3 weeks ago

Do that in a city that doesn't care about bicycles, and the plants will be trimmed literally never.

I've seen it too often. You get one person to install a bike lane. It's a major win. But the city doesn't consider it real infrastructure, so they just ignore it and never maintain it.