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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Not quite. 
I am an admitted suburbanite. I neither live nor work in the downtown core of Moncton so I have no skin invested in this debate.
I however did live on the peninsula in Halifax for nine years, and survived quite admirably most of that time just walking everywhere, so I have some sympathies with the south enders. As a current suburbanite however I also understand and sympathize with the alternate point of view as well. Suburbanites do not want to be excluded or hampered in their access to the peninsula. Public transit isn't always an option. |
Vehicular access to the peninsula is important. At the same time, I live on the peninsula, in the North End, and I'm well aware that for much of the 20th century, my neighbourhood was used as a traffic sewer for people driving in from elsewhere, replete with surface parking lots, main streets dominated by commuter traffic, and countless buildings destroyed to accommodate autobody shops and other auto-oriented uses people didn't want in their own neighbourhoods.
In any case, a well-designed bike lane needn't hamper drivers. If sharing the road with other users slows commuting by a few minutes, but the pay-off is better, more attractive, healthier and safer neighbourhoods and more transportation options, that's fine by me, as both a driver and cyclist.
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