This post was originally published on our now deleted sister blog, The Stirrer. We're re-publishing it here because it's a classic example of the lack of joined up, holistic thinking from those who presume to rule over us. In this case, it's a proposed scheme, funded by government money with a lot of strings attached, for re-engineering a main road between two cities in a bid to get people out of their cars and instead, using buses, cycling and in some instances, walking.
You've nailed it, as usual.
Sounds like the kind of nonsense we were seeing all the time when I lived in Portland, OR.