yeah, that's a good idea...

On my drive in this morning, I noticed something new. A bike lane. A bike lane on a busy boulevard. A bike lane on a busy boulevard in the ghetto. You can tell that automobile drivers are already ticked off that the city took up a traffic lane to make a bike lane and a parking only lane. I'll let you know if I EVER see a bicyclist using the bike lane...in the ghetto. Did my tax money go towards the signage and creation of the bike lane in the ghetto? don't get me wrong, I'm all for the bike lanes if there is a need. But I live in the Midwest. NOBODY is going to be biking to work when it's below 32 or if there is snow/ice on the roads. I'm also going to go out on limb here and say, if you live in the ghetto you probably don't have a job downtown that you want to bike to. And if you do, you'll probably take the transit system. I'll reserve judgement of the ghetto bike lane for a couple months.