CBBarnett
Senior Member
Awesome - how long does the protected lane go for? Seems quite extensive for an area in desperate need for better cycling connections
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Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths
- Thread starter Cowtown
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Wanted to try out the video on my new camera phone, so I took a video of the cruise down the new Montgomery cycle track.
New bicycle pump track coming to West Confederation Park - LiveWire Calgary
Cyclists in Calgary won’t have to travel down south to take advantage of the city’s pump tracks soon. Parks Foundation Calgary made the announcement that a new, $750,000 asphalt pump track would be coming to West Confederation Park in the fall. It’s the first of its kind north of the Bow River...
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ahuch
Active Member
18 Street S.E. Adaptive Bike Lane pilot project
www.calgary.ca
Kind of a weird one, being sold as a bike lane but it's really for traffic calming. Such a short distance in a community full of pathways that it doesn't really connect any missing links, unless I'm missing something here.
lemongrab
Active Member
18 Street S.E. Adaptive Bike Lane pilot project
Kind of a weird one, being sold as a bike lane but it's really for traffic calming. Such a short distance in a community full of pathways that it doesn't really connect any missing links, unless I'm missing something here.
Hmm..I don't see any commuters detouring off the pathway to a short stretch of bike lanes with a few traffic lights...it's a bit of headscratcher to include that in the rationale:
Too many cyclists going too fast sounds like a great problem to have. There should be plenty of space to twin a wheeling-only lane from Deerfoot to Carburn Ped Bridge. At which point you could encourage commuters to cross west of the river where the pathway is flatter, more suited to higher speeds, and has fewer pedestrians (aside from the off-leash areas, which are thankfully fenced with only a few specific ped intersections).
Could it be as simple as a 25 or 30kph speed limit on the west side and a 15kph limit through the rest of Carburn Park?
ahuch
Active Member
Carburn already has a 10kph limit through the park pathway itself, but nobody follows it as you can imagine.
whatchyyc
Active Member
18 Street S.E. Adaptive Bike Lane pilot project
Kind of a weird one, being sold as a bike lane but it's really for traffic calming. Such a short distance in a community full of pathways that it doesn't really connect any missing links, unless I'm missing something here.
If this comes back after the pilot I'd like to see it go all the way north to at least 76 ave to be more useful
ahuch
Active Member
Makes sense, actually connecting to places people want to go.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
All these adaptive projects are a good idea but the cycling stuff is just a red herring - they clearly aren't looking at actually cycling connectivity unless they expand this in future phases to the add protected cycling infrastructure on the sections where the car traffic is highest (and therefore where the infrastructure and missing link is actually most critical). I doubt they are doing that as there doesn't seem to be any interest in fixing the real problems for cycling connectivity in the area - the car-oriented Quarry Park and the death-trap of Glenmore Trail /18 Street SE intersection18 Street S.E. Adaptive Bike Lane pilot project
Kind of a weird one, being sold as a bike lane but it's really for traffic calming. Such a short distance in a community full of pathways that it doesn't really connect any missing links, unless I'm missing something here.
Regardless of the lack of cycling benefit, reducing the roadway will yield the other benefits - slow traffic, reduce noise etc.
So what really is this type of project? It's actually closer to a sound barrier program than an active transportation system program. The goal is simply to mitigate the local effects of overbuilding major roads through neighbourhoods. The bicycle stuff is incidental and largely a byproduct of having zero appetite/mechanism to dispose of unneeded right-of-way to other uses. I sure hope the budget for this stuff comes from the Roads department, not active transportation programs!
Now what would actually make a difference for active transportation in the area? Pretend the river pathway is an underbuilt road - make it wider. Separate cycling path from walkers. Add lighting and better wayfinding Widen and smooth out curves so higher speeds are safer. All the tricks that makes 18 Street SE overbuilt for cars should be applied for bicycles on the existing, underbuilt pathway system.
lemongrab
Active Member
Does anyone know if/when they'll build a MUP on the west side of 37th St heading north from Weaslehead? It seems like it should be about as easy/obvious a stretch as there ever was...
JonnyCanuck
Senior Member
Has anyone seen someone get a speeding ticket on a bicycle or a scooter for that matter? On dual purpose pathways, I am surprised there are not more accidents with pedestrians, the way some cyclists and scooters dart in and out of people walking. If there are accidents with any kind of frequency how and where would they be reported?
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I've heard of tickets being handed out in the Eau Claire area before, but I've never seen it personally. I easily hit 35-40km/h on the bike pathways in a lot of spots, so I really hope they don't decide to do a blitz any time soon! lol
I usually don't get much above 25kmh, but when I go down the 12th ave track, and pass through the school zone, I like to race the cars lol. Quite often I'm going faster than they are, so I'm assuming it would be up in the 35km/h range.
On a more serious side, there are cyclists that give the others a bad name. Like you I got fast on stretches where there aren't people, or on a dedicated path, but I see people ripping along busy paths sometimes, and they think as long as they ding the bell they can crank it through busy areas.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Last couple rides, I've seen scaled-down electric dirt bikes and an actual dirt bike on city paths. Before I get any ticket for doing 30 on my bicycle I'd like to see those people get some kind of fine.