"Would you rather have that quarter-mile stretch of street widened, or would you rather see every sidewalk in the city repaired"

posted Dec 20, 2016 at 12:02 PM

This is not local -- it's about Baltimore -- but this CityLab interview with a bike activist there touches on a bunch of topics that have come up here: fights over creating new bike lanes, the tradeoffs between different projects, the livability of neighborhoods, and how new amenities can help increase equity. [CityLab]

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Thank you for sharing this; the paragraph with the quote from your headline is particularly powerful. I'm going to start asking how costs of road projects compare to pedestrian/bike amenity costs from now on.

... said Sarah on Dec 21, 2016 at 5:25 AM | link

Sarah - we're looking at comparing apples and oranges.
More apple to apple comparison:
NYSDOT Project ID No. 180997 - "make repairs to signals, signs and sidewalks on Rt. 20 in Guilderland, from Route 155 to the SUNY Albany entrance, Albany County, to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. " That was mostly about sidewalks. Cost: $2,213,722
NYSDOT Project ID No. 180821 - rehabilitation of Washington ave. ext. from Rt. 155 to Fuller road. Cost: $7,230,893

Those are almost parallel roads with similar length...

... said Mike on Dec 21, 2016 at 9:25 AM | link

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