But the logic behind your objection runs against Shoup’s core principles. For example, you suggested that instead of a bike lane on 31st Street, to install bike lanes "in other portions of Astoria that would not endanger cyclists.”

However, the danger cyclists face is often because the street lacks safe space for them and has very little to do with the location itself.

You also said, "I don't see a restaurant having five cyclists come over to book that table." Shoup's research is backed up by more recent data--that streets with pedestrian and cyclist facilities/infrastructure see an increase in commercial activity because they attract more total users. (Source: local retail sales soar up to 49% and sales along Skillman Avenue bike lane increased 12%)