City bike lanes to go ahead, despite government pulling project funding
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A plan to trial the removal of about 50 car park spaces in Hobart's CBD to make way for bike lanes has received an "overwhelmingly negative" response from the public, the Tasmanian government says — announcing it has pulled $170,000 from the project.

Transport Minister Eric Abetz says there had been an “overwhelmingly negative” reaction from businesses on the street and shoppers who use existing parking spaces which would have been affected by the trial.

Good on the local goverment for going ahead anyway, and this bit

Every time they do an improvement or make it safer there is more and more people riding," she said.