itom987
Senior Member
Because they can. Keep your kids off the road instead of imposing 30 km/h speed limits.
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fromyeg
Active Member
ntt1
Active Member
Peak selfishness. “My 15 seconds (and likely getting stopped right away) are worth more than your life”!!!!!
ededed
New Member
Amen! I’m sick of the bike paths in my neighborhood. Every morning there’s a horde of kids biking to school. They should be in cars like the rest of us.
I like to go fast in my car and it’s upsetting to go less fast. Sometimes I have move my foot slightly to slow down my car for a pedestrian. I hate doing that.
constance_chlore
Senior Member
100% agree. We wouldn't need bike paths if those kids just drove themselves to school like a normal person.
TAS
Senior Member
Looks like the UCP and Dreeshen have identified other active transportation routes that they want removed or cancelled in addition to 132 Ave - including 2 in our dt core. WtF.
"Dreeshen couldn't provide examples of which bike lanes or projects in Calgary he'd like to see removed or cancelled. But he said there are four other bike lanes in Edmonton that fit the bill -- two in the downtown core, and lanes west and north of downtown."
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
"Dreeshen couldn't provide examples of which bike lanes or projects in Calgary he'd like to see removed or cancelled. But he said there are four other bike lanes in Edmonton that fit the bill -- two in the downtown core, and lanes west and north of downtown."
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
trevorhayden
Active Member
It's bullying against Edmonton plain and simple. Conservative Alberta governments have always done this and it's why it's hard for Edmonton to have anything nice, compared to Calgary or even the smaller cities in Alberta.
dkazzed
Active Member
I don't think anyone caught your sarcasm.
constance_chlore
Senior Member
So who is, or likely will be, doing the most to build a strategy against this? It looks like Bike Edmonton has taken a bit of a lead. I think we need to think about how to make this as inconvenient and frustrating as possible for Dresheen et al.
dkazzed
Active Member
Edmonton Bike Coalition has been actively posting as well as commenting in Dreeshen's posts.
Michael Janz and Ashley Salvador are taking a stand.
I'm more worried about the next mayor/city council. Thankfully the mayor only has one vote like the rest of city council.
Michael Janz and Ashley Salvador are taking a stand.
I'm more worried about the next mayor/city council. Thankfully the mayor only has one vote like the rest of city council.
trevorhayden
Active Member
I want to know how the federal election candidates are planning to resist UCP attempts to ban active transportation routes.
The_Cat
Senior Member
North Edmonton has east-west streets along 127, 132, 137, 144, 153 and 167 Avenues. The ones with schools would benefit from traffic calming .
TAS
Senior Member
I grew up in Londonderry and attended two schools along 144 Ave, which runs from 50 to 97st and features multiple schools, sports fields, churches and strip malls.
Although not as wide as 132 Ave, it was still well overbuilt as shown below where I lived - I crossed this 7 lane roadway daily and was a crossing patrol at 74st - I still can't believe how overbuilt this road is. As noted, another great candidate for repurposing some of that space for other modes - seperated bike lanes - without any impact to traffic flow.
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ntt1
Active Member
Collector roads built/designed between the 1960s and 1980s are among the most overbuilt. It's no wonder that so many people are conditioned to not stop at pedestrian crossings, as a pedestrian, it is also understandable to not want to cross or wave vehicles through as well as there are so many lanes to worry about.
Here's an example from near the entrance of Twin Brooks on the south side. You could probably fit 5 to 6 vehicles parked side-by-side across the whole length of all the crosswalks.
Here's an example from near the entrance of Twin Brooks on the south side. You could probably fit 5 to 6 vehicles parked side-by-side across the whole length of all the crosswalks.
thommyjo
Senior Member
This looks ripe for curb bulbs and maybe a roundabout?