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Originally Posted by bobg
Prior to this bike lane that drop off zone was rarely used. Now it's magically overflowing with cabs/cars who frequently double park in the bike lane. To my knowledge no drop off zone was taken away nearby so it's interesting to see a bike lane encouraging usage of a drop off zone.
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I think this could be said for our downtown streets in general. They used to be rarely used. Now they are magically overflowing with cabs/cars who frequently park...everywhere.
It might be because we're adding thousands upon thousands of downtown residents. And as popular as a Denver Urbanism post touting a 20% increase in bicycle mode share might be, it's still only a 2.9% mode share that bicycles are getting. I'll give you three guesses how most of those new central Denver residents are getting around. (Any developers here? You know, the ones who are still building more parking than the city requires... I bet they can answer correctly on their first guess.)
I got a good chuckle out of the 14th street bike lane this weekend. I think there is some truth to the notion that the bike lane is encouraging drop-off uses - you could see it clearly on 14th around the theaters and convention center. Where once upon a time, you'd be blocking a traffic lane and/or parking if you stopped - now there's a ton of space for it. There were cars, buses, you name it. The bike lane makes a perfect "sheltered" stopping place.