Drop Dead Fred
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This is hilarious. California is so insane that its environmentalists are actually PREVENTING bike lanes from being built.
Want a bike lane in your neighborhood? It's not so simple in California
Want a bike lane in your neighborhood? It’s not so simple in California
By Liam Dillon
April 7, 2016
For many years, Berkeley bike advocates have pushed for their own lane on a two-block stretch of Fulton Street. The conditions seem ripe for one. It would connect two existing bike lanes in a bustling area between UC Berkeley and downtown. Bike racks already line the sidewalk.
But when asked, the city delivered an answer the advocates say they have heard time and again: The bike lane couldn’t go in because of the state’s premier environmental law.
The California Environmental Quality Act, known as CEQA, has stymied bike lanes up and down the state for more than a decade. Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco have faced lawsuits, years of delay and abandoned projects because the environmental law’s restrictions often require costly traffic studies, lengthy public hearings and major road reconfigurations before bike lanes are installed.
All told, bicycle advocates say the law has blocked hundreds of miles of potential bike lanes across the state.
Want a bike lane in your neighborhood? It's not so simple in California
Want a bike lane in your neighborhood? It’s not so simple in California
By Liam Dillon
April 7, 2016
For many years, Berkeley bike advocates have pushed for their own lane on a two-block stretch of Fulton Street. The conditions seem ripe for one. It would connect two existing bike lanes in a bustling area between UC Berkeley and downtown. Bike racks already line the sidewalk.
But when asked, the city delivered an answer the advocates say they have heard time and again: The bike lane couldn’t go in because of the state’s premier environmental law.
The California Environmental Quality Act, known as CEQA, has stymied bike lanes up and down the state for more than a decade. Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco have faced lawsuits, years of delay and abandoned projects because the environmental law’s restrictions often require costly traffic studies, lengthy public hearings and major road reconfigurations before bike lanes are installed.
All told, bicycle advocates say the law has blocked hundreds of miles of potential bike lanes across the state.