Wouldn't put too much stock in the McDonald's/Hospital complaint. It was lodged by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which is just the medical propaganda wing of the terrorist-supporting group PETA.
They just attack industries that use meat, they care nothing about people.
Not only is the Seattle Times anti-bike, they are also anti-math:
"The project's most novel feature is a 10-foot wide, two-way bike lane on Broadway... [T]he bikeway is two feet wider than a pair of less safe 5-foot bike lanes..."
Another challenge, many years away, is a mixed-use redevelopment of Yesler Terrace, bringing eight-story buildings and up to 4,500 parking spaces, and related traffic, into an area already near saturation.
And who's defining "saturation," here? People in Bellevue? The reporter himself? /facepalm
First, I read the article. Its pretty balanced unless you're the SLOG which happened a year or so ago to DECLARE WAR on bike accidents. I can't stand the Times but really, SLOG is becoming the most polemic bunch of self-rightous Limbaugh-esque assholes sometimes. I bike all the time but I don't expect soccer moms with 3 kids in the minivan to not think a bike lane slows them down. It probably does. I would think they aren't going to be for bike lanes until there's a dedicated bike lane from their house to the kid's school. Work that middle ground, something constructive or go back to your unceasing relentless mockery of national politics. I used to love the slog too.
@6: I don't know, although the annual "War on Christmas" features no exploding trees or nativity scenes, and the current "War on Women" has been quite devoid of exploding women, or even just exploding ovaries or uteri (uteruses?).
They just attack industries that use meat, they care nothing about people.
"The project's most novel feature is a 10-foot wide, two-way bike lane on Broadway... [T]he bikeway is two feet wider than a pair of less safe 5-foot bike lanes..."
Apparently 2x5+2=10.
And who's defining "saturation," here? People in Bellevue? The reporter himself? /facepalm
Maybe I just watch the wrong news though.