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Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths

Another few cars parked in the semi-complete 15 ave bike lane lol. The busybody in me also wishes we had a crowdsourced system to report and have vehicles ticketed for these violations. I can't find it for the life of me, but I remember seeing Reddit post from a guy in London UK who shared a list of confirmed tickets the Metropolitan police had issued to vehicles he reported for parking in bike lanes, passing too close, etc, based on his helmet cam footage. Again, the busybody in me...

These long sections with no physical barriers are just asking for impromptu loading or parking. We can only hope that the Calgary Parking Authority and Citywide towing see it for the quota goldmine it will be because I doubt the police will.
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Ooph. IMO these couplets would have been much better as bike boulevards. What they've delivered here is not close to 5A at all. So much time and public blowback for a mediocre result.

There are only two 'protected' ways to access this (5th and 11th, both from the north only). 2nd St SW has mostly crappy lanes to access from the south. So if you use 15th you are almost certainly having to ride in mixed traffic (or use the sidewalk) at some point on your trip anyways. They could easily extend the boulevard west to 16 St SW or beyond (they should still do that anyways, but this would have been the perfect centralized opportunity to introduce the concept).
 
Mr.Wonderful said:
Another few cars parked in the semi-complete 15 ave bike lane lol. The busybody in me also wishes we had a crowdsourced system to report and have vehicles ticketed for these violations. I can't find it for the life of me, but I remember seeing Reddit post from a guy in London UK who shared a list of confirmed tickets the Metropolitan police had issued to vehicles he reported for parking in bike lanes, passing too close, etc, based on his helmet cam footage. Again, the busybody in me...

These long sections with no physical barriers are just asking for impromptu loading or parking. We can only hope that the Calgary Parking Authority and Citywide towing see it for the quota goldmine it will be because I doubt the police will.
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I'm not sure if it's behind this photo but doesn't look like the city's put up no parking signs? I guess they technically aren't in the wrong if there's no signage.
 
trtcttc said:
I'm not sure if it's behind this photo but doesn't look like the city's put up no parking signs? I guess they technically aren't in the wrong if there's no signage.
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Even then, they're both illegally parked within 1.5 meters of a driveway. You might fit a smart car with enough room between the red spray paint in the foreground.

Painting the bike lanes would help. There's 6 friggin driveways on that block.
 
lemongrab said:
Even then, they're both illegally parked within 1.5 meters of a driveway. You might fit a smart car with enough room between the red spray paint in the foreground.

Painting the bike lanes would help. There's 6 friggin driveways on that block.
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And the driveway closest in the picture looks to be new? Why did they not put in the new style driveways that are much flatter in the sidewalk portion and only curves at the end. They redid 19th street (a very small portion so far) and while the people living there are complaining about the slope, it makes the much greater number of people walking much more comfortable without random drops every few steps. It also helps bike/car safety because drivers have to come out much slower because the slope is more steep.
 
As far as I know the only accessible bike lane obstruction data/map for Calgary out there is on Bike Lane Uprising.
Sadly they don't make specific vehicle blocking frequency available.
 
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