Should be noted that Damon Connolly (the legislator trying to shut the bike lane) was convicted for DUI hit-and-run. It says a lot about the current state of political affairs that he was elected to the Assembly as opposed to serving a jail term.

Converting the bike lane to auto lane wouldn't fix traffic anyway. Just beyond the bridge the road is only two lanes (really 1-lane as most of the traffic is getting on the 101 exit). Traffic studies by Caltrans showed that putting 3 lanes on the bridge would actually make things worse.

"We don't want to eliminate the bikers, that's not what we're trying to do," said Fisher, while advocating the removal of bikelane, thus eliminating the biker. This smell fishy.

These copium addicts will say anything lmao

The coalition argues that not only does the bike lane create more traffic,

False. Cars create the traffic, and "one more lane, bro" will do nothing to help. This is a fact played out EVERYWHERE.

but it also creates more pollution from all the cars backed up on the bridge.

Sounds like a car-made problem, man.

He says he's tired of seeing cars idling endlessly, inching along the bridge with the bike lane empty, or - if not empty - at least under-utilized.

Quite curiously, Google Maps seems to suggest that the BRIDGE never has bad congestion, but the highway leading up to the bridge (without bike lanes) is very congested during rush hour, beginning 4km away.

Honestly, while I'd typically say the solution is to use the bike lane, the bridge is 5.5 mi (8.85km) long, the very shortest commutes between destinations on the two sides is about 7mi (11.25km), taking about 40mins each way. Still the fact that a few hundred cyclists use it each day is impressive, and there would be little car-free access between the cities otherwise.

A dedicated public transit bus lane with frequent service between SMART and BART, would be a lot better of an idea.

If they wanted to cut pollution, they'd ban all cars from the bridge and make it public transit + bike only. Cars aren't idling when there's no cars.

That bike lane took forever to get through. It will NEVER be used as much as cars taking up the bridge.

Whining about it is like complaining that sidewalks use up valuable space alongside a road.

This is like complaining that the road shoulders aren't being used.

Simple: connect BART to Marin. Unfortunately they shot that down years ago as the poors might use it.

Naw fuck that bike lane. Any accident on that bridge during the morning commute causes backups that go for miles. I cross that bridge every day and the bike lane is totally underutilized. It's nothing like the golden gate bridge. That bridge needs replacing anyway, it's old and falling apart.