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In a move that shows a surprising amount of stupidity, Sacramento is considering changing some of the streets downtown from one-way three lane streets to two-way one two-lane streets. Among the benefits: slower traffic. Yes, the supporters want traffic slowed down. The Bicycle Mafia claims it will benefit business:
slowing traffic in the Central City by converting a single one-way street to two-way traffic could be a boon for businesses, said Walt Seifert, executive director of Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates. Motorists who are forced to drive more slowly may notice businesses they might like to visit, he said.
Of course, how reducing the number of lanes by 1/3 affects his calculus is not stated. What it's really all about is imposing the vision of the annointed on the folks who have to work in the city and commute out of it.:
"I walk, shop and dine on J Street . . . It would be a better environment without so much traffic," she said.
In their minds, this is categorically, The Right Move, and inconveniencing countless others, moving traffic into the very neighborhoods they want to protect, and making it harder for people who don't live downtown to go there, don't seem to matter. Bicyclists have 25 other lettered streets in downtown to chose from. Any bicyclist who wants to drive down J street at rush hour is an idiot, and is asking to be culled from the herd.
04:59 PM PST