Mountain Man
Senior Member
I get some funny looks from motorists as I pass by in the bike lane sometimes lol.
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Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths
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lemongrab
Active Member
Effing bollards are so annoying. Snow clearing on pathway connections all over the city is terrible because of these worthless pieces of metal.
outoftheice
Active Member
Looks like the UCP is borrowing a page out of the Doug Ford populist playbook and want to go to war against bike lanes heading into the next municipal election. I'm sure they'll be targeting a Calgary project next. The odds of seeing the 1st St SE cycletrack come into existence when the MNP expansion is finished just got a lot lower I think.
Woosh
New Member
It's fucked up that a one-time staffer for the fascist president gets to meddle in local issues like this.
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Mountain Man
Senior Member
It drives me nuts that the UCP are always complaining about the federal government stepping into provincial jurisdiction but are always happy to get involved in federal and municipal politics. Bunch of hypocrites!
outoftheice
Active Member
The UCP have now made an anti bike lane video and are paying to run it as an ad on Twitter. This government drives me nuts... which I'm sure is the entire point of this as they hope to change the channel on their health care procurement scandals and create wedge issues for conservative parties in the next municipal election.
DougB
Senior Member
More bad judgement than hypocrisy. Municipalities are provincial jurisdiction, so the Province is in its lane. Just because it can meddle in local politics doesn't mean that doing so is a good idea.
outoftheice
Active Member
So Dreeshen can't give any examples of bike lanes in Calgary he hates but he definitely knows he'll hate some...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
Alberta transportation minister wants bike lanes gone, critics say stay in your lane
EDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making
trtcttc
Senior Member
We need bike lanes on key roadways first before we can remove them.So Dreeshen can't give any examples of bike lanes in Calgary he hates but he definitely knows he'll hate some...
Alberta transportation minister wants bike lanes gone, critics say stay in your lane
EDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making
lemongrab
Active Member
12th Ave is really scawy and confusing...(for people who should hand in their licenses of course)
trtcttc
Senior Member
Would hardly call that a major street. I guess in hindsight, good thing we spent $44M redeveloping the sidewalks on 17th without putting in bike lanes, very likely that would've been the first priority for the province to show the suburban voters how much they care about being able to drive through at a McDonalds.
Woosh
New Member
Every piece of research shows that bike lanes improve a road's throughput while reducing incidents of death and injury.
Unfortunately, Golf Cart McLean and Trump Staffer Dreeshen don't read anything longer than a happy hour menu.
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trtcttc
Senior Member
We should send Danielle to Amsterdam or Paris next so she can ride a bike and realize how well-placed bike lanes can actually increase traffic flow. And which of these paths would they prefer to send their kids to school.
Edit: as a conservative leaning voter, I was kind of expecting Edmonton was putting bike lanes on a major roadway (like a Mcknight in Calgary) but this is legit what 132 Ave looks like before and after the bike lanes, where they want to rip out the bike lanes. It was a single lane road before with parking and is still a single lane road with parking.
132nd Ave before
132nd After
Entrance to a suburban Amsterdam high school
Edit: as a conservative leaning voter, I was kind of expecting Edmonton was putting bike lanes on a major roadway (like a Mcknight in Calgary) but this is legit what 132 Ave looks like before and after the bike lanes, where they want to rip out the bike lanes. It was a single lane road before with parking and is still a single lane road with parking.
132nd Ave before
132nd After
Entrance to a suburban Amsterdam high school
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outoftheice
Active Member
News out of Ontario that may be relevant to the UCP's latest anti-bike lane populist push...