Thanks for the numbers.
Please note that all the numbers are not included.
For instance, where are the costs for all of the signage that has gone up, apparently for bikes, that shows various distances to different sections of the city? Example: 3.9 miles to the Lloyd district. 2.3 miles to Mt. Tabor.
The motoring public, that pays for PDOT expenditures, have never been extended this courtesy. These signs are obviously aimed at bikes as they are too small to effectively read when driving a motor vehicle.
That is one cost that I am sure has been left out of the report. Are there more?
Also, is there a way to quantify the costs of air polution caused by traffic being stalled or slowed while waiting for bikes? Check out 82nd ave. during rush hour and see how many motor vehicles are forced to sit and idle while a bike is loaded on a TriMet bus. That does not even take into account the lost productivity caused while sitting in this traffic.
Also, shouldn't the cost of the ground that the bike lanes are placed on be considered a cost? Motorists bought and paid for this ground only to have it taken away, causing even more congestion for the motoring public (see the backups at S.E. 92nd and Powell Blvd., mainly on 92nd, during rush hour, where it used to be two lanes, as one example) so it could be given to a small segment that pays no fees to aquire or maintain this land.
Your report is a good start but it is not by any means complete.
re: Bicycle Expenditures with Some Context
Paul,
Thanks for the numbers.
Please note that all the numbers are not included.
For instance, where are the costs for all of the signage that has gone up, apparently for bikes, that shows various distances to different sections of the city? Example: 3.9 miles to the Lloyd district. 2.3 miles to Mt. Tabor.
The motoring public, that pays for PDOT expenditures, have never been extended this courtesy. These signs are obviously aimed at bikes as they are too small to effectively read when driving a motor vehicle.
That is one cost that I am sure has been left out of the report. Are there more?
Also, is there a way to quantify the costs of air polution caused by traffic being stalled or slowed while waiting for bikes? Check out 82nd ave. during rush hour and see how many motor vehicles are forced to sit and idle while a bike is loaded on a TriMet bus. That does not even take into account the lost productivity caused while sitting in this traffic.
Also, shouldn't the cost of the ground that the bike lanes are placed on be considered a cost? Motorists bought and paid for this ground only to have it taken away, causing even more congestion for the motoring public (see the backups at S.E. 92nd and Powell Blvd., mainly on 92nd, during rush hour, where it used to be two lanes, as one example) so it could be given to a small segment that pays no fees to aquire or maintain this land.
Your report is a good start but it is not by any means complete.