Bike lanes on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge are contributing to pollution, car drivers say
Bike lanes on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge are contributing to pollution, car drivers say
Bike lanes are typically seen as being environmentally friendly. But some Bay Area leaders say the one on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is causing an increase in pollution.
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The coalition argues that not only does the bike lane create more traffic,
False. Cars create the traffic, and "one more lane, bro" will do nothing to help. This is a fact played out EVERYWHERE.
but it also creates more pollution from all the cars backed up on the bridge.
Sounds like a car-made problem, man.
He says he's tired of seeing cars idling endlessly, inching along the bridge with the bike lane empty, or - if not empty - at least under-utilized.
Quite curiously, Google Maps seems to suggest that the BRIDGE never has bad congestion, but the highway leading up to the bridge (without bike lanes) is very congested during rush hour, beginning 4km away.