Cycling has emerged worldwide as the best option for preventing those squeezed out of public transit from adding cars to already congested roads
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“There absolutely has to be an urgency about mobility-recovery planning, starting now. We only have a couple of months to really know how comprehensively each part of these mobility trends are going to fit together,” he said. “At the same time, everything is pointing towards some version of recovery into rebuilding that is beyond months, at least a year, maybe multiple years ahead.”
“Some of these [short-term] initiatives are going to be the lessons learned,” he said.
“The more we can get in over the summer, the better off we’re going to be, the better off the city will be,” Ms. Gray said. “We have to do something to try to give people alternatives to transit [other] than just driving, so cycling is the thing that gives you the most reach.” The mayor stressed that this was a short-term expansion, though she suggested it could lead to lasting changes.
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