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  • San Francisco Ponders: Could Bike Lanes Cause Pollution?

    08/20/2008 6:42:14 AM PDT · by reaganaut1 · 4 replies · 259+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | August 20, 2008 | Phred Dvorak
    ... San Francisco can't even install new bike racks. Blame Rob Anderson. At a time when most other cities are encouraging biking as green transport, the 65-year-old local gadfly has stymied cycling-support efforts here by arguing that urban bicycle boosting could actually be bad for the environment. That's put the brakes on everything from new bike lanes to bike racks while the city works on an environmental-impact report. ... Cars always will vastly outnumber bikes, he reasons, so allotting more street space to cyclists could cause more traffic jams, more idling and more pollution. Mr. Anderson says the city has...