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Bike lanes killed a breakfast chain

A San Diego restaurant is closing three locations and blaming bike lanes for lost parking and foot traffic in North Park. The outlet frames this as a cautionary tale about urban planning. Sure, maybe bike infrastructure hurt parking. Or maybe a breakfast chain is struggling because the economy is broken and people can't afford to eat out. Or the product sucks. Or competition is fierce. We're getting one data point dressed up as a trend because it fits a narrative about cities being hostile to business. This is how the parking-versus-bikes culture war works: find one business decline, connect it to one infrastructure change, declare the change a failure. The quoted tweeter (@paulkruegersd) is clearly thrilled to have ammunition.
Paul Krueger @paulkruegersd
“Popular San Diego breakfast chain announces 3 restaurant closures amid out-of-state expansion: In North Park, business has declined, in part, because of the removal of 175 street parking spaces to make way for bike lanes several years ago.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/28/popular-san-diego-breakfast-chain-announces-3-restaurant-closures-amid-out-of-state-expansion/?utm_medium=NATIVE_IOS_notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=173187737
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