A student is writing a persuasive paper trying to convince the local city council to increase the number of bike lanes. Which reason would be the most important argument to include in the paper? (1 point)

• Adding bike lanes would be costly for the city to add to the roads.
• People in our town bike often but have no safe place on the road.
• My friends and I really like riding our bikes around town.
• Other towns have multiple bike lanes that are used frequently.

The most important argument to include in the persuasive paper would be: "People in our town bike often but have no safe place on the road." This argument highlights the need for bike lanes in order to provide safety for cyclists in the community.