This is stupid.
We have that here in Ontario too. It’s fucking moronic.
Ohh no, a cyclist, they’re ruining my commute by using the bike lane that doesn’t interfere with traffic at all!
The only answer is to aggressively take the lane all the time. It’s legal, and it’s the safest option.
It’s illegal to ride on the sidewalk, and it’s dangerous to ride on the shoulder. The shoulder is a great place to puncture a tire because it’s full of debris and glass and sometimes nails. It’s also got drainage grates that your wheels can catch in, parked cars, and there’s no protection from getting sideswiped by mirrors.
In my city it’s also sadly common for trucks making wide turns to kill cyclists who are on their right.
This is about changing streets, not maintaining existing bus/bike infrastructure.
It’s still stupid, just for a slightly different reason.
Yeah, we have exactly that, and attempting to suspend civil liberties to remove bike lames.
But if you can get the local traffic off the road by making bike and bus lanes, then there’s fewer cars making traffic for further away commutes.
It’s also got drainage grates that your wheels can catch in
Wait… grates parallel to the driving direction are legal where you live? That’s insanely stupid… And not just for the safety of bikes (and other narrow tires) but just purely because of physics and load-bearing capacity.
They’re often diagonal, but yes. If you catch your wheel in this you’re going to crash and wreck your bike.
Here’s an article with an image of exactly what I mean: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/the-fixer/dumping-paint-down-storm-drain-crosses-the-line-the-fixer/article_52edf415-3830-5abc-9853-49689765eff8.html
But they also come in a square hinged variety like this:
I don’t live in Barrie but this is very common in Ontario:
Fortunately I have never experienced some other than these:
Far from perfect but usually already better than average cracks and potholes found at the edge of a road.
Also in the rain with oil run off from the roads makes these things like patches of ice.
Easy solution expanded the sidewalks first into the street/lane. Then next year add a bike path (at sidewalk level) without actually taking away any car lanes.
Alternative just pedestrianize the full street and then add in trams and loading/delivery.
expecting logic out of a city and state run by cult members is illogical
Wow, I’m so used to the “small government” GOP in Texas using the state legislature to force cities into compliance with their dogma, it’s almost refreshing to see another horrible state do it.
People who want to ride bikes should do so from the comfort of their own home. It’s just common sense!
I guess bike lanes are to liberal
They totes are, fam.
Liberal in the American sense, not in the rest of the world sense.
