[Daveography]

This is what bothers me about this (neverending) debate on funding bike infrastructure: We build roads designed to handle peak-hour traffic, but nary a peep about how the other 20 hours of the day could get by with roads half the width. We don't think there's any value in a bike lane that costs a fraction of an interchange at the edge of the city, but rarely question the value of said interchange even if it only directly benefits the few that pass through it.

Yet there are documented benefits to building bike infrastructure: It's a cheap way to help manage traffic, it brings more business to areas they touch, but most importantly they save lives, etc.

That last point should stick, because if you're going to argue over a piddly reinvestment of transportation dollars to help save people's lives, then maybe you need to reexamine your priorities and capability for empathy.