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Originally Posted by Antigonish
It appears Andy Fillmore is putting the kibosh on the bike lane network planned for the peninsula. All that work flushed down the drain  [/QUOTE
The real issue is the paltry return on the investment. The planned 54 Kilometer network is 60% complete but has spent 94 Million on a planned 25 Million Dolla r budget. Fillmore also commented in All N.S. that Council members are getting daily calls about congestion AND empty bike lanes. Time to get serious about a Harbour Tunnel,MacKay replacement and serious Transit enhancements.Sorry Bikes,back of the line. |
1. The network is 37 percent complete, and only $16 million has been spent.
2. Ridership has been hitting all-time highs—lanes are busier than ever. As the network grows more complete, these numbers will grow, as has already been happening.
3. The fact that people perceive bike lanes to be empty is irrelevant to the facts (see above). The fact that people perceive bike lanes to be the cause of congestion (which they’re not) is also irrelevant. We can’t make infrastructure and transportation decisions based on people’s vibes.
4. Bike infrastructure is crazy cheap on a per kilometre basis, and there’s no reason it has to go to “the back of the line” behind road and transit spending. Even Fillmore is arguing instead that all modes must be planned in a complementary fashion. He told CBC that he expects most planned bike projects will still go ahead, even with his proposal. (We’ll see about that, of course.)
Look:
Adding more active transport infrastructure is about providing people with choices about how they get around. I can’t really be chill about the holier than thou, “you cyclists are so entitled” BS from certain people on here. Biking is how I mostly transport myself. It’s how I get my kids around. Listening to people argue against modest investment in decent, convenient and safe infrastructure feels quite honestly like people saying “your family’s safety so simply not as important as my (perceived) convenience as a driver.” It’s genuinely enraging.
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