[CplKlinger]

SUPs downtown are so dumb. Nothing makes me more frustrated than leaving the funicular and being forced to bike along the hotel MacDonald to connect to another SUP on 99st now.

Suburban and small town mindsets.

I think it's just a temporary thing until the project is fully completed next year. The project site says "The bike lane on 99 Street south of 102 Avenue will be closed for the duration of the project" and the renderings + streetscape plan show a two-way raised bike lane on the library's side. Given that there's still that fence and some other construction stuff obstructing parts of the sidewalk, it makes sense that they'd have a temporary SUP in the interim. I'm honestly happy with this (it'd obviously be better if they finished everything this year though), because active transportation is often an afterthought at best when it comes to construction work.

 

[dkazzed]

Definitely temporary, and also definitely annoying. I haven't used 102 Ave much though ever since I found out 104 103A Ave shared use path existed. Legally crossing 102 Ave at 99 St can take up to 4 minutes at times, the ongoing construction was icing on the cake. Yes 104 103A Ave is also very much affected by construction too but there's a usable detour.