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Currently writing him a letter referring to this as "fiscally responsible road design", waxing poetic about the "good old days" of bicycling to school in Lougheed era Alberta, decrying how sheltered children are nowadays, and what a shame it is that a good working-class neighbourhood has to be a shortcut for the Volvos and Range Rovers of the yuppy elite.
I thought about including that in my letter. But instead I've settled for explaining to him what a collector road is (since he's new to the world of transportation planning), and invoking the founder of the all powerful Edmonton bicycle lobby, Major General the honourable William Antrobus Griesbach, Companion of the Order of the Bath, and the Order of Michael and St. George, Distinguished Service Order w/ Bar, Volunteer Officer's Decoration, King's Counsel, Conservative MP and Senator, who will manifest to glare at him like this if he should dare to restrict traditional modes of transport.
There is really no sufficient MUP, the sidwalks are old, and the pavement is crumbling in most places around where the video is from. It'd be nice if there were at least a decent multiuse trail heading towards the dog park as a continuation of the power lines trail, meeting up with Whitemud Road (heading down to the Ft Edmonton footbridge). I'm comfortable riding on the road here but definitely understand why others might not be.
I think that close calls like this definitely require we consider who is at fault in order to actually take the steps necessary to prevent this from happening again. I also think that the road design itself needs to be a bigger part of this discussion and can take lots of the blame here.
Classic example of where a MUP would be in a new suburb. No brainer to add one during renewal.
Not that deep.
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