Does anything inspire more emotion than bicycles? (In this country, at least.) Riding them can make people rapturous with joy, and at the same time, make others rage, sometimes to a point where almost killing someone sounds like a fine idea. The city of Eureka released results from a survey completed by over 1,000 people about the C Street Bicycle Boulevard and the yet-to-begin G Street Bicycle Boulevard, and the results make it clear that folks here aren’t immune from their cortisol-spiking properties.

“You fuckers keep adding bike lanes we dont want,” reads one answer to an open-ended question asking respondents for their thoughts on the G Street project. “The street is for cars. Fuck YOU!”

Most of the survey-takers weren’t filled with quite as much vitriol, but the data definitely indicates that most of them don’t like the completed C Street project, and don’t want another one. Close to 50% of respondents said they were “strongly opposed” to building island medians; another 18% “opposed” the idea. Only 20% favored them. The mood was even more tilted against “vehicle limiting installations,” partial or full traffic closures that allow cyclists to move across traffic safely. Almost two-thirds of the 1,047 responses were against the suggestion. A paltry 16%, tallied between both categories, approved. 

The outlook was a little brighter for “mini traffic circles.” About 46% were against them — either strongly or normally — and 35% liked the idea. 

Almost half of the respondents said they never ride bikes in Eureka. Almost all — 90% — said their primary mode of transportation was a motor vehicle. 6% ride every day, and 13% do it every week. 

The city of Eureka said in a Facebook post that the final design hasn’t been chosen, and that community feedback will guide the details. It’s not going to turn G Street into a one-way or limit parking.

The people who wrote 1,614 responses to the open-ended questions aren’t entirely against the bicycle boulevards, but the ones that are really hate them.

“I HATE IT!!!” someone wrote. “I LIVE ON C ST AND YOU DID IT WITHOUT EVEN CONSULTING US!!! AND IT ISN’T LIKE YOUR GOING TO LISTEN TO ANYONE WITH THIS SURVEY!!!! WE NEED NEW CITY LEADER NOT THE GROUP WE HAVE IN THERE NOW!!!!”

“THE DUMBEST THING THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE!” wrote another. 

“I honestly cannot think of a more ridiculous design than the one that has been implemented,” some guy wrote at 2:30 a.m., according to the timestamp. “The idea that the City thinks there are enough bicyclists in Eureka (2.5% of all workers in Eureka as stated in the final Eureka Bike Plan) to ruin a perfectly good two way street that travels from Harris Street to Downtown is unbelievable.”

Plenty of other people complimented the safety features of the C Street project, and were excited for another one.

“I would love to see G street upkept and used more often!” wrote one. “I think it has great potential for this.”

The G Street Bicycle Boulevard Project Manager, Brittany Powell, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.