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[shootingstar]

No, not bike lanes are created equal. The 2 Vancouver separated bike lanes, of which parts are show in this 2011 Vancouver video clip below, run through the thickest part of Vancouver downtown traffic. Not the entire length of the 2 routes, but parts. As one can see, in the video, the city actually used some low cost methods.

Cost of construction for roads, usually is manpower, redirect traffic, etc.....a blend of unionized and probably contract folks. I guess, I'm saying this now after having worked closely with documents on detailed contracts, cost modelling, etc. on a major road and bridge construction project @ $800 million out in the suburbs for 3-yr. long project.

It's just a start, badger. Cycling infrastructure isn't built after there is a whole pileup of cyclists overcrowded for several years. It's before. Just like the Golden Ears Bridge which is Vancouver's first toll bridge road, it is seriously undertutilized, by thousands of dollars annually. Part of it is car drivers take time to change their driving routes and suburbs will get built up with more local residents.

Similarily for cycling, if there is both public education, promotion and reasonable cycling infrastructure, people will use it. Like bike rack use on buses, they will get used once people know how to use the racks. That's why Vancovuer is so far ahead compared to Toronto where the latter just got their first set of racks only in past few years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvBJGBxvuW0