This argument has the same line of reasoning that the businesses originally tried to use when the city did put in buffered bike lines - that removing unfettered automobile &#x2F; truck access was the death knell to commerce<p>(Like these: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gothamist.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;07&#x2F;14&#x2F;post_blames_bike_lanes_for_bad_busi.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gothamist.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;07&#x2F;14&#x2F;post_blames_bike_lanes_for_b...</a> <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.villagevoice.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;new-east-village-bike-lanes-good-for-bikers-bad-for-business-6694622" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.villagevoice.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;new-east-village-bike-lanes...</a>).<p>In the case of the bike lanes, this is the furthest from the truth (have a Google for lots of arguments about the merit of increased bike traffic).<p>I&#x27;m not sure what the solution is, but there certainly is one that would support a few car&#x2F;truck free avenues.