Bicycle Austin forum

Compromise is fine, and to be expected as part of any political process, but the status quo is unacceptable.  The LOBV plan is a good compromise that allows vehicular access while encouraging beginner cyclists, which is the whole point.   It seems that it is the property owners who want to say no to everything- no traffic calming, no effort to reduce through traffic, etc. It would be interesting to find out how binding the committee's decision is.  And yes, there would definitely be many irate people if this is defeated- many more than if it goes through (a small but vocal minority). We just can't go into this willing to give away the whole farm to people whose idea of a compromise is they get everything, and we get nothing.