There is actually a bigger city that spent in the ball park of 500k putting in a miles of a walking/bike path, less then 10 people showed up for it’s “grand opening” and it’s so unused there isn’t even trash or homeless camps. It was dubbed a waste of money.
I’m willing to bet it’s winding and/or goes fucking nowhere. When bike paths don’t get used, it’s almost universally because they were designed by dipshits who think they’re for recreation instead of transportation.
To be honest, you may have a point. I can’t think of anything demanding thats within 1 city block from it. A school, some medical places and a gas station is pretty much the only things along it.
The key to bike infrastructure is that it needs to be a connected network. Even a path that goes 99% of the way directly from your house to your workplace is completely useless if there’s a barrier (e.g. a stroad that’s unsafe to bike along, a freeway with no bridge across, etc.) occupying the last 1%.
That said, the other important takeaway is that a bike path like yours might be useless at the moment, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the money spent on it was a waste. Instead, it could mean that it’s vitally important the city keep going and build more connections to retroactively make it useful.
I’m willing to bet it’s winding and/or goes fucking nowhere. When bike paths don’t get used, it’s almost universally because they were designed by dipshits who think they’re for recreation instead of transportation.
To be honest, you may have a point. I can’t think of anything demanding thats within 1 city block from it. A school, some medical places and a gas station is pretty much the only things along it.
Poor planning, could’ve been better spent.
The key to bike infrastructure is that it needs to be a connected network. Even a path that goes 99% of the way directly from your house to your workplace is completely useless if there’s a barrier (e.g. a stroad that’s unsafe to bike along, a freeway with no bridge across, etc.) occupying the last 1%.
That said, the other important takeaway is that a bike path like yours might be useless at the moment, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the money spent on it was a waste. Instead, it could mean that it’s vitally important the city keep going and build more connections to retroactively make it useful.