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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Glad somebody has finally found a good use for it.
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I completely agree with you - on this one.
I am generally in favor of bike lanes. That is when they are actually used. A few years ago the city spent something like $300K putting bike lanes on St. Margaret's Bay Road. Problem is virtually nobody uses the lanes. So we spent 300K on a for a few citizens to have personal bike lanes rather than using the 300K for the greater good.
And to top it off Halifax' finest were ticketing vehicles with even a smidgen of tire in the lanes along Long Lake Provincial Park. Cars have been parking here since the park opened as the parking lot is so small. So the powers that be would rather discourage people from physical activity for the sake of a few bike riders. This is quite discouraging giving the province is in the midst of a health promotion campaign but they discourage physical activity by not expanding the parking lot there and prodding HRMPD to ticket cars on the shoulder of the road.
If they are going to ticket cars shouldn't all cars parked along the road be ticketed not just those with a tire on asphalt. After all SMBR is a highway and parking is not permitted along highways. Why be selective in punishing only a few in the crowd.