The frustration here is that the common refrain whenever somebody proposes a bike lane anywhere is, "It's bad for business! Where will their customers park?!"

It's completely bogus, which a snowstorm makes manifest: Without the snow, we can pretend that these cars belong to the drivers allegedly stopping to patronize local businesses. With the snow, we see the truth that space is here used by three people to store their private property for a week. This example illustrates why experience shows, over and over, people walking and biking are better for business than people in cars. Hundreds, or even thousands, of potential customers who can easily stop in, versus drivers (non-customers) who are so close, but so far away.

In short, it's not that people did what the city intended, it's that the city is kneecapping itself.

Swing, go down slides, play some games involving balls, tag?