A woman has sparked an online debate about Sydney’s bike lanes, after posting a picture of an empty strip in peak hour.
Former journalist and GT Communications founder Gemma Tognini posted pictures of the green bike lane running through Pitt Street in peak hour on Thursday.
While the bike lane is empty – except for one cyclist pedalling towards the camera – the traffic running alongside it is almost bumper-to-bumper.
“Pitt St bike lane. Peak hour. Meanwhile, traffic is … problematic,” Ms Tognini captioned the photos.
Pitt St bike lane.Peak hour. Meanwhile, traffic is ...problematic.LOL#sydneypic.twitter.com/OkH9YKiHVY
— GemmaTognini (@GemmaTognini) March 8, 2023
People were quick to fire back at the tweet, many on the side of the bike lanes and others questioning what point Ms Tognini was trying to make with her comments.
“One image, a small slice in time. What‘s the data to back up any point you’re emptily trying to make?” one user wrote.
And some took aim at her directly for criticising cyclists “sooking” about the congestion – which one man said is what cyclists believe “proves their point” f...
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