Tonight the BR Council approved Bikeshare program....Chauna Banks is not a fan

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"A true philanthroper (sic) is not about building themselves and being capitalist," Banks said. "The richer BRAF becomes, the poorer the northern part of the parish becomes."

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WTF?


Someone didn't cut her in on the bribery money.


That program will be a disaster and a waste of money by the city-parish. BR is not a biking city.

She asked good questions for the wrong reasons.

We don't have enough cops, and we can't do permits and inspections; however, we are going to start another program.

Makes no sense.

What’s the turnover on bike inventory gonna look like?

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"The richer BRAF becomes, the poorer the northern part of the parish becomes."

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I'm curious as to why the city had to fund this at all. In dallas there are three private businesses that are bike shares. These bikes are all over and you unlock them with an app and pay to rent them.

I don't know enough about it to be for or against it, but this is a fricking stupid argument-

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Councilwoman Tara Wicker said having a BikeShare program in Baton Rouge will likely pay for itself because of its ability to lower healthcare costs in a city known for indulgent food.

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And this fricker just wanted to brag-

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And Councilman Buddy Amoroso said having a BikeShare could bring more tourists into Baton Rouge, using himself as an example of someone who has traveled cross-country to go on bike rides.

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Baton Rouge recreation and parks commission continues work on a trail system throughout the parish

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They better be paved trails if they're talking about these bikes-

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But Councilwoman Chauna Banks asked whether the BikeShare program would spur the high crime rates in Baton Rouge, and asked whether having bikes on college campuses would lead to vandalism.

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Surely there's some mechanism for "checking out" the bikes that requires ID or a credit card?

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[Banks] slammed BRAF's involvement in BikeShare and said she would not fall for the "dangling carrot" of including bikes at Southern University. "A true philanthroper (sic) is not about building themselves and being capitalist," Banks said. "The richer BRAF becomes, the poorer the northern part of the parish becomes."

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Translation- if I gotta be poor, then so does you.

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I have a feeling all the bikes will end up stolen, it is br

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Absolutely. This has already happened in Baltimore, where they had to shut the program down due to so many thefts.

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So she's afraid that black people will start stealing the bikes at Southern, making them all look bad?

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But Councilwoman Chauna Banks asked whether the BikeShare program would spur the high crime rates in Baton Rouge, and asked whether having bikes on college campuses would lead to vandalism.

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If I'm reading that correctly, she thinks that black people having bikes will lead to property damage and crime. That's about as racist as it gets.

It's not biking promotion that people are bitching about. It's the total waste of money that it really is. We both know that this is going to be a complete boondoggle.