Your city: road bridges with bike lane

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What is the experience of your city/area when a road bridge has had 1 or more of its car lanes changed and dedicated solely for a bike lane? Was there great protest by car drivers and then car drivers readjusted, found alternate routes?

Right now, there is a ruckus being raised by car drivers over a impending trial closure of a car lane to change it to a completely dedicated bike lane. Reason: Cyclists must share a narrow bridge sidewalk with pedestrians at this time. Hence, on-road bike lane would alleviate problem.

Sad thing is that there are 2 other road bridges just a few blocks over, less than half a km. away. Since we have been living in a highrise building, we witness from above, how underutilized the other road bridges are by cars during peak hrs. ..for past 8 years.

See excerpt on other cities:
New York recently closed Broadway to car traffic in the Times Square area.
The Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto lost a traffic lane to two bike lanes years ago, which city motorists adjusted to, and city council there just approved the rededication of a car lane to a bike lane down Jarvis Street, a main downtown artery.
Portland has dedicated bike lanes on several of its bridges. Paris, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Bogota, Berlin, all have dedicated lanes for bicyclists. In all those cities, bike traffic is robust

Rest of article:
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/C...068/story.html


Photo of the bridge from below taken today: