Why do some car lovers oppose bike infrastructure, when more bikes would mean fewer cars on the road?

Like you sit in traffic for an hour each day to work. Wouldn’t you want to halve that by having more other people use bicycles instead?

    • zen@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      19 days ago

      They think of it as a zero-sum game

      But it’s not.

      The reason you need more lanes is because of a growing population using a fixed set of roadways. As you add protected bike lanes, more and more people opt for using a bicycle. This means fewer people on the road, negating the need for the extra roadway.

      If you spend limited tax dollars on bike infrastructure, driving infrastructure will not receive necessary maintenance.

      I’m not sure what you personally believe, but this is not true at all.