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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
Unfortunately, for you cyclist you have a one track mind. Your insistance on putting bike lanes on King St. and Main St.
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We think bike lanes should go on high-traffic streets with lots of destinations for cyclists. Crazy, I know.
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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
It's not going to happen for the reasons I outlined in previous posts.
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What reasons? All you have outlined is your own transportation prejudice.
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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
As for these supposed facts and statistics that you keep citing, there are facts on both sides of the arguement and statistics can be skewed anyway you want, depending on where you stand on the issue.
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Translation: the facts and statistics presented challenge your orthodoxy and make you uncomfortable, so you refuse to acknowledge them.
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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
We live in a city with a car culture, bad or good that is reality.
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No, we live in a city with extensive car infrastructure and huge subsidies, both monetary and non-monetary, for driving. Change the balance of incentives and people will change their transportation choices. This is true of all humans always and everywhere, and there is nothing exceptional about Hamilton or Hamiltonians to suggest that human nature should not apply here.
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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
Older people use their cars and do not want to be stuck in traffic with an empty bike lane next to them.
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Cycling is not for everyone and no one here is claiming otherwise. However, driving is also not for everyone, which is why we defend a balanced transportation infrastructure.
In any case, a continuous network of bike lanes
will be used, just as they are used everywhere they are built. Since bikes take up less space than cars, there will probably be less overall traffic, not more, as cycling increases its share of total trips.
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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
I realize that some of you just can't comprehend that. All I am trying to do is point out what you are up against. It is not going to be an easy process.
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We do comprehend that it is not an easy process, as many cycling advocates in Hamilton have already struggled for a decade or longer. The original "Shifting Gears" plan was drafted in the late 1990s.
With all due respect, you are not "pointing out" what we are up against - you
are what we are up against: ignorance, fear of the unknown and a stubborn refusal to revise one's assumptions in the face of new evidence.