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TAS
Senior Member
The light at 107Ave/113st does not change right away when the crossing button is pressed by pedestrians or cyclists.
There was no traffic on 107Ave in either direction when I was there and so I could have just gone across, but I waited to see and it was somewhere from 45-60 seconds wait for light to change (and it had been green prior to me arriving at intersection - it didn't go through a walking cycle just before I arrived).
The 111Ave light changed right away when pressing the button.
TagYEG
New Member
I hope they can install sensors for 107 AV this season, but that would be optimistic. Usually my timing with riding along 113 ST is just right and I can get the lights to change just as I push the button, but with the wind slowing me down yesterday, I was waiting a surprisingly long time for the light cycle to go at both 107 and 111 Av.
I'm also disappointed that the City seems to have cut back on a proposed asphalt path that branched off the MUP at 113 AV and 113 ST that would connect to the Kingsway/Princess Elizabeth intersection.
mcr
Active Member
Viking Arms is at Southgate (106 St & 46 Ave), this is West Edmonton Village in Callingwood. Very similarly developed pockets of the 70s style concrete blocks, but wouldn't be your former home in this case!
archited
Senior Member
My mistake -- from the photo it looks very similar.
dkazzed
Active Member
Cyclists are expected to ride backwards crossing the Ice District parkade entrance.
TAS
Senior Member
Calgary's new mayor committed to the following during the election:
"Take the politics out of active transportation by tying funding to usage. If 2.5% of trips are made by walking or wheeling, 2.5% of the transportation capital budget should support those modes. This creates a fair, transparent basis for investing in transportation, fixing pathway gaps, and building long-awaited links..."
Rather than announcing another $100million over 4 years, who thinks providing a % based on usage is a better, less controversial and secure way to fund ongoing active transportation networks/bike lanes/MUPs?
Special projects like neighbourhood renewals, I would advocate, would be funded separately in addition to regular transportation funding.
This could be regarded as still a conservative investment in active transportation since it has been largely underinvested in and our city goals aim to increase usage which one could argue supports a bit higher level of investment to better meet those targets.
"Take the politics out of active transportation by tying funding to usage. If 2.5% of trips are made by walking or wheeling, 2.5% of the transportation capital budget should support those modes. This creates a fair, transparent basis for investing in transportation, fixing pathway gaps, and building long-awaited links..."
Rather than announcing another $100million over 4 years, who thinks providing a % based on usage is a better, less controversial and secure way to fund ongoing active transportation networks/bike lanes/MUPs?
Special projects like neighbourhood renewals, I would advocate, would be funded separately in addition to regular transportation funding.
This could be regarded as still a conservative investment in active transportation since it has been largely underinvested in and our city goals aim to increase usage which one could argue supports a bit higher level of investment to better meet those targets.
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thommyjo
Senior Member
I think this is 100% a good approach.
1) Gives an objective standard.
2) Creates consistency for planning projects vs stop start funding.
3) creates way more funding than people realize.
A few challenges:
1) in many central areas 4-8% of trips are by bike vs 0-1% in many suburbs. Do we also tie projects to neighborhood level use?
2) As we know, induced demand exists and without investment, riders won’t exist in places without anything currently. Arguably a minimum grid should be finished first before tying funding to useage.
3) we don’t do this with roads or transit, and especially not pedestrian infrastructure. Does this complicate other areas? Transit often has massive ups and downs in capital spending. And we overspend on transit because it’s a service that helps people save money and not be as reliant on other social services too. Plus improves traffic for all road users. Would we “overspend” on bike infrastructure to help ensure university areas are super well served for example?
In the end, it might be the best approach to make the fighting go away. And tbh, bike lane haters are often so ignorant to how much money this actually would be. It would be a very reasonable amount of funding long term.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
trevorhayden
Active Member
What about when mode share shifts? How often will budgets be revised and what data source will be used?
thommyjo
Senior Member
Thankfully the census lines up alright with 4 year budget cycles. That’s one option, but not ideal.
More helpful is a citywide transportation study. Not sure how you get that to be cost effective and representative though. Sample would need to be somewhat large. And ideally would also capture not just the 2% number that speaks to “primary commuting mode by adults”, but also numbers on occasional use and kids/youth.
Our transit and biking numbers jump a good amount if you include 14-17 year olds.
The number I want is how many people bike 10+ times a year vs 50+ times. Cause that’s who will be most served by expansion of infrastructure. Vs people that don’t ever bike are a tougher convert.
TAS
Senior Member
For perspective, Montreal's spending.
A project of note:
This 18km 8 lane arterial roadway turning into a complete street with bike and bus only lanes in each direction aling with 2 vehicle lanes in each direction.
Info from Oh the Urbanity's latest.
Montreal not hesitant to run their bike lanes along commercial streets.
A project of note:
This 18km 8 lane arterial roadway turning into a complete street with bike and bus only lanes in each direction aling with 2 vehicle lanes in each direction.
Info from Oh the Urbanity's latest.
Montreal not hesitant to run their bike lanes along commercial streets.
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TAS
Senior Member
constance_chlore
Senior Member
That spot on Henri-Bourassa is almost exactly where my friend in Laval used to pick me up to drive to fieldwork on West Island, where we'd get totally eaten up by mosquitoes. Good times!
archited
Senior Member
As I recall from my time living in Ottawa eastern Canadian mosquitos have the ability to lift people off the ground.