Public park > private golf course
[discussion] Frustrated that cars get FOUR lanes on a one-way downtown street, while cyclists get nothing.
It is a very dense urban city with a robust transit system where drivers are almost always wealthier. There are also a lot of drivers coming from New Jersey who are using but not paying for the roads. In addition to reducing car traffic, the congestion pricing is also funding transit improvements/expansions and has significantly reduced the number of car crashes already.
Your point may hold for a sprawling suburb where everybody is forced to own a car. However, in New York a car is a luxury that the majority of people do not own.
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[article] Want better bike lanes? Make room for wheelchairs and mobility scooters
(www.nationalobserver.com)
At least in Canada, people were literally cycling before automobiles came to our streets. Streetcars/trams were originally just falled "cars" before the automobile industry appropriated it.