[biketrouble]

"The skatepark is a testament to that"

I think it's more of a testament to the fact that kids like skateboarding and will go pretty much anywhere to do it.

This proposal seems to be running into the new SSP orthodoxy which appears to be that we have to have more of everything, except when it gets in the way of cars. It's not obvious to me why the free flow of cars into and out of downtown is so important, if those same cars inevitably end up bottlenecked on Venables or Main Street. Reducing the capacity on Georgia (or removing it entirely, leaving traffic to find alternate routes) might actually improve flow, overall.