What you said was "Last year here in Columbus, City Council had the brilliant idea to take West Broad (State Route 40), which is normally a 6 lane very busy main road...and reduce it to ONE useable lane! For bikes." when in fact the bike-related reductions are fairly small. Additionally, your previous-figure of six considers both directions while the after-figure only considers one direction. Guilty of misrepresentation of facts on two counts
Picky picky picky.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind the idea of a bike lane being
added, if it really meant added. And people actually used it or needed it. And not just taking up space that used to be used by cars. In addition to the parking lane...I know, I know.
The worst part is...it's still too dangerous to use the lane like they've designed it. Which is why no one does.
If you're headed east in the bike lane and need to keep going after it ends, you're smack dab at the area where traffic merges onto 70E. And a
LOT of traffic goes onto 70E. Or goes another block to merge onto 70W.
And all that traffic that was just squeezed into the one lane headed east is now spreading out to the original 3 that used to be there, because in addition to the freeway, there's a major shopping area right there.
If you're on a bike and still on the street, you're toast. And it wouldn't be your fault.
And because the city spent the money on the "Bike Boulevard Project"...there's no sidewalk to escape to. Even though I know you're not supposed to be in the sidewalk, in areas with that much traffic, a lot of people do.