[ilikeredheads]

That picture reads "possible cycling path on Georgia (north) using streetcar ROW". That concept has several obvious limitations. First, it's using space for a future streetcar, so it won't be permanent. If they decide to build it, then they'll have to spend extra money to relocate it. Secondly, that's only on the north side of the street. Do you know why? because that's only side that has the room for it. East of Georgia and Pender that extra wide sidewalk is gone, so now you have a bike path that leads to nowhere. Furthermore, the picture doesn't address how intersections will be dealt with. (right turn restrictions? dedicated signal for bikes?)

"Complete street" is just a fancy marketing term, just like "eco-density" (remember those days? lol). It is fruitless and silly to satisfy all modes of transport on 1 single street. The city doesn't put safety as their number 1 priority. If they did, they wouldn't brute force the bike lanes in downtown, or add a bunch of traffic lights throughout the city so now we have a light at every block along major corridors in certain neighbourhoods.

This is like trying to turn Broadway into "complete street". Would you have bike lanes on Broadway??