Anne McShane of Green Feet tells CHSJ News the Main Street lane is just temporary measure while the Harbour Bridge is being worked on--and the delays really aren't that bad. Main Street, MCShane explains, was designed at a point when the population was expected to swell to over 200,000 people--and the current population just doesn't generate a significant amount of congestion there.
Moreover, McShane says the connection has encouraged a lot more people to get out biking, which is important in a city which is consistently ranked as unhealthy and overweight
