In 2009, Mayor Nutter — known derisively in some circles as «Mayor Bike Lane» — oversaw a road diet on Spruce and Pine streets that gave over a
lane of car traffic to bike lanes.
The Núria Valley Rack Railway is the only way to access this remote valley and the
lack of car traffic makes this the perfect oasis of calm with only sailing boats bobbing gently on the lake to distract from the almost magical surroundings.
All the major cycling - related arguments have been won: bike lanes are popular; they don't hurt local businesses; more biking doesn't lead to more accidents; bike lanes make pedestrians safer and don't impede the
flow of car traffic.
Smaller apartments are a common thing in many older European cities, where the urban fabric is denser and built not just for the
dominance of car traffic, as they are in most North American cities.
California is one of the few states where motorcyclists can legally engage in lane splitting — sliding between two
lanes of car traffic.
A little while back this author was accused of being overly critical, even whiney, for suggesting that farmers» markets could be even better if more of an effort was made to reduce both plastic bag use and the amount
of car traffic that some markets generate.