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Originally Posted by On Edge
Somehow you made it work. We cannot always design the city around how students feel.
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Originally Posted by On Edge
None of the examples I gave are doable by bicycle or walking. Are we really set to design things so that frail elderly and moms with small kids ride bikes around or walk through storms because we can't stand cars and prioritize bikes above transit?
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Yep, no way "Hordes of people could get back and forth to work on time" could happen on a bike. None. Impossible....
As for the others, that's some serious whataboutism. And on for your fifth point: more power to them. It seems like you have a problem that goes beyond cycling; have you tried riding a bicycle lately?
Bringing this back to the Baseline BRT; the benefits of that project go far beyond the transit lanes, though that's obviously critical. The design also proposed proper cycle tracks and protected intersections along its entire length. Baseline is currently a significant barrier to safe cycling, and cycle tracks along the entire corridor would be a huge improvement. The proposal doesn't significantly affect the road lanes either - It's almost as if what is keeping us from having better urban streets is the demand for parking.
It's disappointing to see LRT to Barrhaven be put ahead of this. A person who commutes from Barrheven isn't going to see significant improvements to their commute if they have to switch from bus-train and back again 5 minutes further from home. People on Baseline who rely on cycling and the 88 are going to see a significant improvement to not only their commute, but also all the other things they use transit and cycling for.