[BenFranklin100]

The bad part of the new bike lanes however is that it is now politically impossible to implement street cars or dedicated Bus Rapid Transit. There’s not enough space on the main streets and the bike lobby is very powerful.

I say this is someone who bikes, but who would rather have working mass transit first as it is far more useful and also equitable.

[kibwen]

I can name several places in Cambridge and Boston which are using dedicated bike+bus lanes as a solution to accommodating public transit and micromobility on our narrow streets. I'm sure that some bike people grumble about it, but the rest of us recognize that every person who decides to bus rather than drive is one less car that we have to contend with.

As for streetcars, Philadelphia shows that you can mix streetcar lanes with car lanes.

[madcaptenor]

I have lived on a streetcar line in Philadelphia and sometimes people double-park. It's not ideal.

[micromacrofoot]

True, but we are getting more center-running bus lanes, which in the absence of street cars is at least a reasonable step forward