“I’ve read every study and report I could find that looked specifically at the economics of bike lanes since 1984 — 32 research articles, to be exact. The results show that making streets friendlier for bikes — and sidewalks friendlier for pedestrians — is actually good for business. The rise of “complete streets” and “road diets,” as urban planners call them, has been a huge boon to businesses in cities.” https://www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-good-for-business-studies-better-streets-2024-3
@bikepedantic 🤑 "survey after survey has shown that business owners overestimate how many of their customers drive to their stores, versus walking or biking. In [2012 LA], more than half of the store owners on the bike-laned part of the boulevard thought most of their customers drove. The actual number was 15%."
@bikepedantic But they factor NDD’s level of sadness into the calculus?