UrbanWarrior
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I'm in my Canadian Cities class with a representative from Bike Calgary here today, and apparently the bike lane to the Barley Belt has been approved. ![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I'm in my Canadian Cities class with a representative from Bike Calgary here today, and apparently the bike lane to the Barley Belt has been approved.![]()
Huge and awesome news! 12th Avenue has become the backbone of Beltline cycling and is a big reason for the big growth in bicycle counts and the increasingly urban vibe of the neighbourhood. This is a huge move for Calgary's bicycle users. And an opportunity to address some deficiencies (beyond the lane jogging for cars):I'd like to see the actual plans because this could either be done very poorly, or somewhat ok. 14th and 12th handles a lot of movement and having bicycles in the rightmost lane could serious fubar the light sequence. Saying this as someone who would probably use this almost every day once implemented.
A new brewery just opened! Might be the fastest connection to the river depending on light timing too for a lot of the west belt-line depending on how they work out crossing 10th Street.Can't wait to go to Sunalta!
The final pet peeve of mine is MacLeod's weird bicycle-preemption; where bicycles get 5 seconds out of every 12th Avenue eastbound green to cross ahead of the cars, then get a red signal for the rest of the green and subsequent MacLeod Trail northbound. Results in an almost certainty that a east or westbound bicycle will be stopping for a full (or longer) light cycle. Really weird, because none of the other signals are like this (causing confusion) and the pedestrian signal is normal (causing further confusion)