[jason403]

From 2 lane traffic down to 1. On a bus route, this has traffic backed up when busses stop or people turn. Traffic is more congested while bike lanes have sparse to no users outside of central Edmonton. Emergency services have increased response times during peak hours accessing certain neighborhoods. Neighborhood parking is also reduced making it more difficult for multi u it infil to have adequate parking, hindering growth potential.

Expand sidewalks into multi use paths, or build bike lanes where there is available space. It shouldn't be coming at the expense of a good transportation network .

 

[TAS]

I didnt realize that each kid I see using a bike lane is an orphan. How tragic.

Back on topic, I hope that planned roundabout in next year's phase of construction still gets built.

I think the roundabout actually happens in the final year - 2027.

 

[thommyjo]

It's pretty exciting to see people finally standing up to the absolute waste of bike lanes that are being pushed by yuppies. A small percentage of people without families have had undue influence and wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on bike lanes that are unused amd have crippled a transportation network for the benefit of maybe a couple dozen bicyclists who would still bicycle without bike lanes or would be using public transit anyway.

Been waiting for our resident conservative troll to join the chat. Welcome Jason.

As a a person with a family, who has a wife that bikes to work and 2 little ones we regularly bike with to daycare and other trips, your comment is quite funny. The only reason we don’t have a 2nd vehicle is because we can bike for a number of journeys.

Would you prefer we add to the traffic congestion for all our trips instead?

And by hundreds of millions on bike lanes, can you please point that spending out? Because it definitely doesn’t exist in the way you’re framing it. What projects and budget totals are adding up to “hundreds of millions on bike lanes”?

 

[thommyjo]

From 2 lane traffic down to 1. On a bus route, this has traffic backed up when busses stop or people turn. Traffic is more congested while bike lanes have sparse to no users outside of central Edmonton. Emergency services have increased response times during peak hours accessing certain neighborhoods. Neighborhood parking is also reduced making it more difficult for multi u it infil to have adequate parking, hindering growth potential.

Expand sidewalks into multi use paths, or build bike lanes where there is available space. It shouldn't be coming at the expense of a good transportation network .

We haven’t built any bike lanes that I’m aware of that have removed vehicle lanes on roads with a high amount of traffic. We’ve removed parking, shifted underused roads to 1ways, narrowed 2-4 lane roads into more appropriately sized 2-4 lane roads.

But can you point out where a major lane removal happened that impacted traffic for a main road?

 

[CplKlinger]

I think the roundabout actually happens in the final year - 2027.

I wish the scope map was higher resolution, because it's really hard to tell. But comparing it to google maps, I *think* it falls under the 2026 scope.

 

[jason403]

Been waiting for our resident conservative troll to join the chat. Welcome Jason.

As a a person with a family, who has a wife that bikes to work and 2 little ones we regularly bike with to daycare and other trips, your comment is quite funny. The only reason we don’t have a 2nd vehicle is because we can bike for a number of journeys.

Would you prefer we add to the traffic congestion for all our trips instead?

And by hundreds of millions on bike lanes, can you please point that spending out? Because it definitely doesn’t exist in the way you’re framing it. What projects and budget totals are adding up to “hundreds of millions on bike lanes”?

Kindly shut the fuck up. I expressed an opinion, and you are name calling and calling me a troll. I have to listen to the bike lane community expressing their opinion that is probably 90% of the people here. Not that it matters, but neither a conservative either.

You are free to express your opinion and disagree if you want. If I annoy you to such a level that you can't ignore nor remain civil, just add me to the ignore list.

 

[TAS]

I wish the scope map was higher resolution, because it's really hard to tell. But comparing it to google maps, I *think* it falls under the 2026 scope.

 

[an_edmontonian]

Kindly shut the fuck up. I expressed an opinion, and you are name calling and calling me a troll. I have to listen to the bike lane community expressing their opinion that is probably 90% of the people here. Not that it matters, but neither a conservative either.

You are free to express your opinion and disagree if you want. If I annoy you to such a level that you can't ignore nor remain civil, just add me to the ignore list.

Are you really asking others to remain civil? Maybe heed your own advice.

 

[constance_chlore]

Kindly shut the fuck up. I expressed an opinion, and you are name calling and calling me a troll. I have to listen to the bike lane community expressing their opinion that is probably 90% of the people here. Not that it matters, but neither a conservative either.

You are free to express your opinion and disagree if you want. If I annoy you to such a level that you can't ignore nor remain civil, just add me to the ignore list.

Alright, but it is wild that apparently you sincerely liked this sarcastic comment...

 

[thommyjo]

Kindly shut the fuck up. I expressed an opinion, and you are name calling and calling me a troll. I have to listen to the bike lane community expressing their opinion that is probably 90% of the people here. Not that it matters, but neither a conservative either.

You are free to express your opinion and disagree if you want. If I annoy you to such a level that you can't ignore nor remain civil, just add me to the ignore list.

Sorry, but can you kindly provide data or proof for any of your claims?

Most of us aren’t expressing “opinions”, we are stating objective facts about cycling. Whether COE data on ridership, budget/cost info, bike infrastructure studies from around the world, etc.

You “not liking bike lanes” is an opinion. You saying “a few dozen people use them” is a lie. You don’t annoy me, but I do wish you’d engage the debates with good faith and reasonable claims. Not blatant lies, misinformation, and 0 evidence.

 

[trevorhayden]

Jason403 is going to get permanent banned lol luv it

 

[ededed]

From 2 lane traffic down to 1. On a bus route, this has traffic backed up when busses stop or people turn. Traffic is more congested while bike lanes have sparse to no users outside of central Edmonton. Emergency services have increased response times during peak hours accessing certain neighborhoods. Neighborhood parking is also reduced making it more difficult for multi u it infil to have adequate parking, hindering growth potential.

Expand sidewalks into multi use paths, or build bike lanes where there is available space. It shouldn't be coming at the expense of a good transportation network .

ah, I see where you got confused.
This road is a neighborhood collector road, it’s not a main road. It’s supposed to provide access to schools and travel within the neighborhood. I think you’ve been treating it as a main road and that’s causing your frustrations.

 

[BrettB]

I think that is the heart of the problem. Again, there are roads that are perfectly good at moving vehicles across North Edmonton at Yellowhead Tr, 127th Ave and 137th Ave - all within a very short drive from 132 Ave

 

[Coprolite]

I used to live a few blocks from 132 Ave. It carried very little traffic, but was a pain to cross (especially since what few cars there were tended to drive like it was the Yellowhead) and had terrible sidewalks. Substantial portions of it had houses directly fronting onto it, unlike actual major corridors nearby. It was such a terrible and absolutely ugly design back in the day, and it was surreal to pass by one of the reworked sections and see it actually looking like a nice place for people to exist rather than just a line of blight.

We ended up driving down it from Fort Road to 66 Street because I wanted to see more, and it really was not at all bad to drive, either. Even from a drivers' standpoint, the old stroadscape was just indifferently smeared across the landscape rather than being laid out in any kind of rational fashion.

 

[Seamusmuldrew]

It's pretty exciting to see people finally standing up to the absolute waste of bike lanes that are being pushed by yuppies. A small percentage of people without families have had undue influence and wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on bike lanes that are unused amd have crippled a transportation network for the benefit of maybe a couple dozen bicyclists who would still bicycle without bike lanes or would be using public transit anyway.

You don’t say much but it’s a real treat when you weigh in