June Churchill, a longtime bike advocate and member of the board, said the new design “directly degrades left-hand turn safety compared to the original final design.”
“I failed to see how there’s a good engineering reason for these changes,” Churchill said. “This doesn’t make any sense to me except in the realm of politics and our department should not be prioritizing politics over safety in people’s lives on our roads, especially not when that change would actually cost us more money in a tough budget environment.”
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