Vancouver - Bike lanes were good for business after all, restaurant owner says

Business owners were not happy!

 "adding bike lanes there would require moving several dozen street parking spaces onto nearby Main Street — so the city faced a firestorm from retailers and residents.

"To slash and burn like this is not going to work," Steve Da Cruz, owner of an upscale restaurant in the middle of the affected block, told the Vancouver Courier."

One year after installation, Da Cruz told Business in Vancouver that his restaurant was doing better than ever.

"We definitely have benefited from the increased usage of the bike lane," Da Cruz said.

http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/10-ways-cities-can-win-the-fight-to-upgrade-parking-spaces-to-bike-lanes

Bike lanes work!  They encourage more to cycle and are better for business.