Hopefully everyone will love the 7th Street W project, so that this happens (prepare yourself for my dream bike path system):
-7th St W bikeway extends all the way to 17th Ave S
-2nd St W bikeway extends from the Bow to the Elbow
-an 8th Ave S bikeway extends from "the Rift" (in EV), through the new library and City Hall, all the way to Millenium Park
-the 13th Ave S Greenway goes all the way from Inglewood to 17th St W
-a new 17th St SW bikeway from 13th St S through the formative West Village and continues over the Bow River to link with 19th St NW
All of that would only be 12-13 km of infrastructure (though involves 3 new CPR ped/cyc crossings, and 1-2 new river ped/cyc crossings [$$$]). The city already has 700 km of pathway, 138 km Calgary Greenway loop, and 290 km of onstreet bikeways. Given our commitment to suburban pathways, I think 12-13 km of high quality separated bikeways through the densest, most populated, most dangerous-to-cyclists part of the city is reasonable. Not every street has to be a "complete street", but if we are going to have busy, autocentric roads, we ought to have safe places for cyclists too.
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http://www.beezodogsplace.com/2012/08/10/vehicular-cyclists-cyclings-secret-sect/
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