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Climate a missing piece in bike lane discussion

Sep 11, 2025
5 hrs ago
2

Editor,

The recent article and City Council discussion on San Mateo’s Delaware Street bike lane project missed a critical part of the story: climate.

(2) comments

Terence Y Sep 11, 2025 8:54am

Thanks for your letter, Mr. Hunt, but the issues you bring up about climate change are not a priority. Sure, you have people talking the talk about saving the world but they won’t walk the walk. And does it really reduce greenhouse gas emissions if there’s a road diet and cars spend more time idling in traffic? How many cyclists ride through the streets vs. cars? And how convenient or efficient is it to tote 10 bags of groceries or a case of bottle water home on a bike? Meanwhile, a recent article (https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/valero-refinery-newsom-21039747.php) highlights how California is planning on paying hundreds of millions of dollars to keep Valero’s refinery in Benicia from closing. I guess the state is walking the walk – to increase greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps for convenience and efficiency? Or survival? Fossil fuels make the word go round, doesn’t it?

Taso Sep 11, 2025 7:28am

Removing traffic lanes to nstall another bike lane that goes virtually unused only creates more traffic congestion and increases he release of harmful emissions that cause serious health concerns.

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