Can we object to car lanes?
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2026
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On a street near where I live, the neighbors are vocally opposed to a bike lane, and they keep using the line that the city should "consider the needs of the people who live there." I keep asking them on NextDoor if the city should listen when I object to car traffic on my street.
Nobody ever has an answer.
It cannot be the case that cycling infrastructure is discussed pracemeal like this. Would the public be asked about installing a new pedestrian sidewalk? No because it's considered normal for a street to have a sidewalk. If a national safety standard for multi-modal infrastructure were in place, these kinds of questions would become uncontroversial.
It should be a pedestrian mainwalk. Cars should be the sidelane.
Gray said: "It happens with every single scheme like this, when it goes to consultation people do not want change, and they say they don't want it.
"But councils need to understand that delivering these schemes is popular in the long run once we get over the hill of hysteria."
A trial took place on the road in 2022 to study the impact of removing the middle lane.
While a survey found that journey time increased by 30 seconds between Barley Farm and Peel Green roundabout, concerns were raised about lengthy delays for local residents.
People hate two things: change and the way things are.
Zing!
Where do you find out about this kind of thing? Not yet heard anything about outrage locally but if there was I would want to make it clear not everyone is opposed to it