[thommyjo]

And great to see numerous routes getting over 1000 trips daily now!

 

[dkazzed]

That's amazing. While someone who is counted once is likely to be counted to again if they take the same route home, there are thousands of other cyclists who don't cross a counter. I saw City of Edmonton estimates in a cycling infrastructure report that as many as 56,000 bicycle trips are made in one day across the city.

 

[ntt1]

That's amazing. While someone who is counted once is likely to be counted to again if they take the same route home, there are thousands of other cyclists who don't cross a counter. I saw City of Edmonton estimates in a cycling infrastructure report that as many as 56,000 bicycle trips are made in one day across the city.

They could definitely use more counters on some of the multiuse paths in the south, like 111 St, 122 St, 115 St, 23 Ave, and 91 St. It'd be interesting to see data on how many people who live outside of or just in the confines of the Henday are cycling regularly or to commute.

The map of current counters, for reference: https://data.edmonton.ca/Monitoring...-Counter-Locations-Map-Eco-Counter-/7mvp-ivrz

 

[ntt1]

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And great to see numerous routes getting over 1000 trips daily now!

A point of emphasis here is that all these bike routes are bi-directional separated lanes (except the High Level Bridge, of course) with plenty of space. High quality infrastructure matters.

 

[TAS]

UCP has a summer survey out now.

One of the questions:

Some cities are removing driving lanes to add bike lanes, which can increase traffic congestion and reduce parking spaces. Should the provincial government intervene to prevent this?

I haven't seen survey yet. Just reference to it in this article.

Bell: Stop! Calgary councillor demands a pause on more city bike lanes

Calgary bike lanes. A city councillor wants new city hall bike lane plans halted, Danielle Smith's UCP ready to tangle with Mayor Gondek

calgaryherald.com

 

[Kosy123]

That's amazing. While someone who is counted once is likely to be counted to again if they take the same route home, there are thousands of other cyclists who don't cross a counter. I saw City of Edmonton estimates in a cycling infrastructure report that as many as 56,000 bicycle trips are made in one day across the city.

The number of bicycle trips need to be spread far and wide, and that probably doesn't include scooter trips. There's still people out there that think there's barely anybody who uses the bike lanes, and having solid numbers be common knowledge helps our case no matter what.

 

[ntt1]

UCP has a summer survey out now.

One of the questions:

Some cities are removing driving lanes to add bike lanes, which can increase traffic congestion and reduce parking spaces. Should the provincial government intervene to prevent this?

I haven't seen survey yet. Just reference to it in this article.

Bell: Stop! Calgary councillor demands a pause on more city bike lanes

Calgary bike lanes. A city councillor wants new city hall bike lane plans halted, Danielle Smith's UCP ready to tangle with Mayor Gondek

calgaryherald.com

They've eliminated photo radar, so now they're rage farming with bike lanes with a healthy dose of bad faith to frame engagement questions. I hate it here sometimes.

 

[Gronk!]

Those bike lane stats that @thommyjo posted should be enough to tell Devin Dreeshen and the rest of the UCP clown show to go pound sand and stay in their own lane.

 

[dkazzed]

Manning Dr East is paved from 137 Ave to Clareview Station Dr!

It looks like they’re protecting trees to continue the path along Clareview station drive to connect to the existing path at 142 Ave to serve Manning Town Centre, Ebbers, and neighbourhoods east.

Fort Road from 133 Ave to 137 Ave looks ready to pave but they haven’t yet.

Manning Dr East West from 137 Ave to 153 Ave is in progress. That will serve Miller and Brintnell, especially if they decide to extend it north to 167 Ave.

 

[thommyjo]

That's amazing. While someone who is counted once is likely to be counted to again if they take the same route home, there are thousands of other cyclists who don't cross a counter. I saw City of Edmonton estimates in a cycling infrastructure report that as many as 56,000 bicycle trips are made in one day across the city.

About 70% of my trips don’t pass a counter as a year round cyclist. Many of my local trips for groceries, daycare, coffees, to friends’ etc never pass counters.

We definitely need census/survey type data to understand ridership better. But growth at counter locations is also helpful to track.

 

[thommyjo]

UCP has a summer survey out now.

One of the questions:

Some cities are removing driving lanes to add bike lanes, which can increase traffic congestion and reduce parking spaces. Should the provincial government intervene to prevent this?

I haven't seen survey yet. Just reference to it in this article.

Bell: Stop! Calgary councillor demands a pause on more city bike lanes

Calgary bike lanes. A city councillor wants new city hall bike lane plans halted, Danielle Smith's UCP ready to tangle with Mayor Gondek

calgaryherald.com

Anyone know where that survey is? We should ensure it’s circulated in biking groups to get some strong pushback.

 

[an_edmontonian]

Any idea where to take this survey?

 

[fungus_eater]

City should build more "multi-use paths" instead of "bike lanes" to decrease scrutiny from the UCP

 

[ntt1]

Quite the crowd at the 115 St/University Ave crossing this morning.

Also, I hope this means that this beg button to cross 51 Ave at 115 St is getting relocated.

 

[dkazzed]

City should build more "multi-use paths" instead of "bike lanes" to decrease scrutiny from the UCP

I don't love MUPs, but they're definitely ok in the suburbs where they tend to be lower volume and lots of non cyclists like to use them. In the case of Manning Drive, I hands down prefer riding on the MUP over on the 70 km/h roadway with no shoulders.

What I don't like about them is that they tend to be a major source of vehicle conflicts.