I do laugh when people are presented with evidence of how bad it can be and act surprised. Like sure, some cyclist exaggerate. But I legitimately have a driver do something illegal, that without my intervention would cause an accident, 50% of my trips. No exaggeration. Often multiple times a...

I mean, with all due respect, Regent Park in Toronto was brutal for decades. Strathcona/DTES in Vancouver is avoided by many. Radisson Heights in Calgary, or much of East Village still (but especially 10 years back) is central and still avoided by many. SO it's not new for central areas, with...

Not sure if there’s a thread for this, but came across these today. — “EPL is working closely with the City of Edmonton to design a new and more spacious Riverbend Branch at the Bryan Anderson Athletic Grounds Park near the Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre and the Leger Transit Centre...

Agreed, blatchford itself doesn’t have disorder. Just the challenge of using anything to the south or east. When I bike up the LRT tracks to get to blatchford from Rogers, that’s some of the worst disorder in our city along that stretch. Kingsway is known for its challenges too. I’d argue on...

Tbh (I’m a pretty big blatchford booster) I think you’re overvaluing the location still. 1) It’s central, but so are lots of other areas. The difference is they won’t be a construction zone for 10 more years. So that can turn people off. 2) it’s central, but the LRT access isn’t great and...

Correct; It’s surrounded by areas of high crime, homelessness, and industrial spaces. It’s got an ugly hotel and sea of parking as it’s “entrance” to the community, not a beautiful waterfall over fancy rocks with a nice sign and landscaping. Not trying to be a complete naysayer haha. But...

I saw this recently too. Very concerning. Especially cause these are only priced 30-50k more than identical products in new suburbs from street side. So it feels like a pretty big hit on the attractiveness of the area.

And not just “young people”, but actual kids and youth deserve transportation alternatives to their parents driving them too. We now consistently have 4 months of school where kids could easily bike without bad weather. Not to mention summers where kids can bike to their friends’, to...

Ok, but what # of cyclists do you think is “enough” to justify a bike lane on a road? How many daily trips on it? You can’t be all wishy washy and just claim “not enough use”. What’s enough?

Having been a customer to the store, not surprising. Brutal location. Like, literally didn’t know this building existed and I probably spend more time downtown than 90% of our city. Bad store experience imo. Walked in and was pretty underwhelmed. It’s essentially a mini farmers market, but...

I mean, there’s both haha. Not sure the point of this…. Some data sets show totals, other directions. For both bikes and car traffic. Not hard for people to parse out. Most of the bike lanes either show a total for both directions if 2 way, or specify if E/W/N/S (ex. 76ave, 106st, HLB) The...

Yeah sorry, not trying to suggest unique users. Just that every trip counted is a “rider”. The same way road data is reported as “trips”, not users. Don’t think it’s an exaggeration, that’s just how the the data is presented. A local street with 700 daily trips I bet is like 150 users or less...

You hate outdoor pools, ski hills, playgrounds, tennis courts, outdoor rinks and all the other seasonal stuff too then. Right? Can you describe what level of ridership would make you satisfied for bike lanes to be paid for? @jason403 Here's the data for just 1 route. 110st (one of the new...

I think bikeways are only acceptable if there's a least 1 fully AAA (all ages and abilities) bike route along a parallel corridor. (within a few blocks and traveling the same way) For example, where I live on the West End, 95ave is becoming the District Connector. They're making it a MUP (not...

Vandalism that costs us tens of millions. Thefts that demoralize local store owners and lead to job losses. Minor assaults that still make your average person scared and nervous about public spaces. Broken windows theory also applies to the people in public spaces. It’s not about race...

Local street bikeways are trash. Why. Anyone willing to regularly bike on those…is already willing to ride. A little traffic calming is fine, but doesn’t move the ridership needle. This has been proven time and time again. Separated/protected is what changes ridership. Paths or lanes. And...

Our resident troll is back 🙂 110st bike lanes are cheaper per user than terwillegar drive. Got any concerns about terwillegar?

What’s the walk from those schools and rec centre to LRT. Those should be as minimal and optimized as possible. Anything longer than 5 minutes is a mistake.

How about doing illegal drugs and often having outstanding warrants? That’s most of the loiterers people don’t like…

MUPs and roads are unbikeable currently if they weren’t cleared down to pavement yet. This is why bikeways and slow streets don’t work for biking unless a duplicate to a true AAA route that’s separated and cleared. The warm weather after bigger dumps is a disaster for us since we never...