Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths

[nickheer]

Bell: Danielle Smith government 'very serious' about a bike lane crackdown

Alberta Premier Smith's government now more committed to stop the growing number of bike lanes and remove some lanes in Calgary and Edmonton

calgaryherald.com

The 15 avenue cycle track isn’t even open yet, is it? Bell’s complaint about that is (unsurprisingly) baseless. And if the 11 street track is partially closed for construction and doesn't really go anywhere right now past 12 avenue, it sure seems pretty selective to pick this spot. We have such a fragile cycle track network that “detours” are, frequently, instructions to dismount and walk. But I guess the problem for Bell, Smith, Davison, and Dreeshen is that they exist at all.

I see loads of fellow cyclists when I commute to work or run errands. You know who else I see using the cycle tracks? People in motorized wheelchairs, in part because we have the wimpiest sidewalks of any city I've been to. The provincial and, increasingly, municipal governments do not appear to want Calgary to function like a city.

Bananas.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Exactly. Those criticizing the bike lanes are unsurprisingly people who don't use them or live anywhere near downtown or even in Calgary.
Then there's our local drunk, Rick Bell who never bothers to do any research at all, and is all about his own anecdotal evidence. There are bike counters at the lanes including 11th street, which is the least busiest of the lanes, but still looks to be getting between 200-300 cyclists per day on week days. Most of that traffic is over a 12-14 hour slot, so roughly 15-20 people an hour. I'm guessing he did his unscientific research at 6:00 am on a Sunday.