“There are already enough bike lanes. It's 5 mph, bikers should be able to drive with traffic at that speed. Nobody wants a bike lane there. It's unnecessary. Plus they have no respect for people who are walking. They still need to stop at lights and intersections but with bike lanes they seem to think they can just zoom.
There is no way that emergency vehicles would be able to respond in a timely manner, if at all. Those are older buildings and receive lots of visitors, if there were an emergency it is important that first responders are able to access the area quickly.
If you want to do something for the bikers make, do like Detroit, where they have pedestrian and bike over passes that cross over the traffic instead of across the roads.
Also, I know I wouldn't want to deal with all that traffic in one lane for the weekend. I'd be more likely to go somewhere in the north or avoid it altogether.”
