John Whitmire: “Fire and police literally cannot go down some streets…”

“But ma', am, I'm under pressure and I've resisted to repair and take up bike lanes on Blodgett Levin street across the city. But I resisted because we're doing an intense detailed study. Fire and police literally cannot go down some streets because of the bike lanes. We will do everything we can to assist the bikers. It's a part of our life. Allen Parkway, the Bio partnership, we're establishing north and south connections, but we don't have a bike removal program.” (19:15–19:21)

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