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Originally Posted by markbarbera
Dismissing their concerns by labelling it as simply survivorship bias is a further disengagement of the people most affected by the process from the process itself.
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The people most affected by the process of a rush-hour bus-only lane along a major transit corridor are the
transit users who currently suffer an overburdened system of overstuffed buses that frequently pass bus stops because they can't afford to carry any more passengers.
Business owners will be affected marginally if at all by the loss of one lane during rush-hour on a street with vastly excessive lane capacity, and their concerns are mainly parochial. They should not be allowed to unduly influence the city's reasonable efforts to meet the demand for better transit.