Bike lane debate drags on for years in Denver
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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '4.240', 'text': 'If you ever need proof that local'}, {'start': '1.520', 'end': '7.520', 'text': "government can move at a snail's pace,"}, {'start': '4.240', 'end': '9.760', 'text': 'look closely at the small stuff. Like in'}, {'start': '7.520', 'end': '11.840', 'text': 'a part of southwest Denver, where a'}, {'start': '9.760', 'end': '14.559', 'text': 'debate over traffic control has dragged'}, {'start': '11.840', 'end': '16.240', 'text': "on for years. The city's transportation"}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '18.400', 'text': 'department first pitched the idea of a'}, {'start': '16.240', 'end': '21.000', 'text': 'protected bike lane on a two-mile'}, {'start': '18.400', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'stretch of South Irving Street back in'}, {'start': '21.000', 'end': '27.199', 'text': '2020. After a fiveyear stalemate, the'}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '28.960', 'text': 'city is now telling neighbors, "Yeah,'}, {'start': '27.199', 'end': '30.400', 'text': 'bike lane\'s not going to happen." So,'}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '32.719', 'text': "we've heard a lot from the community"}, {'start': '30.400', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'about the importance of retaining the on'}, {'start': '32.719', 'end': '36.640', 'text': "street parking on the street. We've"}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '38.800', 'text': 'heard a lot from folks about speeding.'}, {'start': '36.640', 'end': '42.000', 'text': 'Speeding is a huge issue on Irving.'}, {'start': '38.800', 'end': '43.920', 'text': 'People are going way, way too fast. Last'}, {'start': '42.000', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'night, the city held an open house to'}, {'start': '43.920', 'end': '48.800', 'text': 'put forward their latest ideas on how to'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '51.520', 'text': 'slow down vehicles without making'}, {'start': '48.800', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'drivers too mad. They hope to offer a'}, {'start': '51.520', 'end': '56.160', 'text': 'compromise with speed cushions to slow'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '57.440', 'text': 'down vehicles, additional crosswalks to'}, {'start': '56.160', 'end': '59.199', 'text': 'run throughout that corridor, and a'}, {'start': '57.440', 'end': '61.680', 'text': 'traffic diverter to move some vehicles'}, {'start': '59.199', 'end': '64.159', 'text': 'off South Irving. The proposal also'}, {'start': '61.680', 'end': '66.560', 'text': 'includes a nonprotected bike lane for'}, {'start': '64.159', 'end': '69.119', 'text': 'the busiest sections of the street. The'}, {'start': '66.560', 'end': '72.000', 'text': 'city says those should not mess with on'}, {'start': '69.119', 'end': '73.439', 'text': 'street parking for most of the corridor,'}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '76.720', 'text': 'even though their most recent study'}, {'start': '73.439', 'end': '80.560', 'text': 'showed only 19% of that parking is'}, {'start': '76.720', 'end': '83.119', 'text': 'regularly used. How do you balance uh'}, {'start': '80.560', 'end': '86.000', 'text': 'the community voice saying we want to'}, {'start': '83.119', 'end': '89.240', 'text': 'keep our parking when that utilization'}, {'start': '86.000', 'end': '91.759', 'text': "number is so low? Yeah. Um that it's a"}, {'start': '89.240', 'end': '94.159', 'text': 'tricky push and pull. You know, we have'}, {'start': '91.759', 'end': '96.320', 'text': 'to make sure that folks are able to'}, {'start': '94.159', 'end': '98.079', 'text': 'access their homes and feel safe and'}, {'start': '96.320', 'end': '99.360', 'text': 'feel comfortable. We heard a lot from'}, {'start': '98.079', 'end': '101.439', 'text': "the community that they don't feel"}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '102.880', 'text': 'really comfortable um walking around,'}, {'start': '101.439', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'particularly at night. And if you have'}, {'start': '102.880', 'end': '106.720', 'text': 'to park your car around the corner to'}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '108.960', 'text': 'then walk back to your house, that'}, {'start': '106.720', 'end': '112.159', 'text': 'becomes kind of a personal safety issue'}, {'start': '108.960', 'end': '113.399', 'text': 'for them. So, next, the city starts the'}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '116.040', 'text': 'feedback'}, {'start': '113.399', 'end': '119.840', 'text': 'process all over again for the new'}, {'start': '116.040', 'end': '121.439', 'text': 'ideas. Set a calendar reminder for 2023.'}, {'start': '119.840', 'end': '122.719', 'text': "No, I'm sorry. They have an online"}, {'start': '121.439', 'end': '124.799', 'text': "survey that's open through the end of"}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '124.799', 'text': 'the'}]