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John Whitmire: “Somebody spent millions of dollars building the bike lanes…”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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The State of Houston: A Conversation with Mayor John Whitmire

Published | Video Starts at 44:35

You look at up and down Shepherd Wall Drive where the women's center was, Dallas I believe about an 18 story. But you come down, that's about 500 cars. By the way, Somebody spent millions of dollars building the bike lanes that no one's using. I get it. They're passionate about it and I will do everything I can. We ought to get center core, not center corps. That's drug treatment. Maybe that too. (44:35–44:40)

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Asserts that bike lanes were built at a high cost and are underutilized.

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