MikeB4:

 

What have I not comprehended?

 

That for a good many people, an E-Bike would be a suplementry form of transport (for lots of legitimate reasons), not an exclusive one, and struggle to buy and maintain a car, let alone a car *and* a multi-thousand dollar E-Bike. 

Part of my issue is that people who are pro cycle (or actually any iniative) get so caught up in the supposed benefits of said initiative, they are unable to see past it, to the great many legitimate reasons that for many, that initative isn't an option Anyone not completely onboard to their way of thinking, clearly musn't be smart enough, or care enough about x y or z cause. Those people then end up being labelled as <insert iniative her> phobic.

I am not anti cycle lane, nor cyclists. I am anti replacing a productive neccessary vehicle lane, with a cycle lane, that gets next to no traffic at enormous cost. Cycle lanes are not the panacea to all traffic woes and should be appropriately placed after proper utilisation diagnostics are taken over a period of time. Submissions should be proper consultation documents, not a rubber stamping process, and every time it is, it becomes less and less likely people submit.