Comment 104562

By positive1@cogeco.ca (registered) | Posted September 17, 2014 at 22:38:07

I have had mostly good experiences using the Cannon bike lanes. The hue and cry by 'Chicken Little' types about of traffic congestion turned out to be a rather large dud. Both at 8am and 5pm (the heart of 'rush hour') I saw automobile traffic, albeit heavy, moving quite smartly. To my surprise, several motorists made eye contact with me and allowed me to travel through the intersection (eastbound) at James and again at John before they turned southbound.
Regarding cars parked in the cycle track - it may result in a paltry fine of $ 26. I checked By Law enforcement and that is the fine for parking in a bike lane. I don't think that they have updated fines for a 'cycle track' . This seems a ridiculously low fine considering that illegal parkers are forcing cyclists either onto the sidewalk (another fine for cyclists) or worse, out into traffic (on-coming traffic if you happen to be travelling eastbound on Cannon). Life is cheap with this sort of deterrent (i.e. none). We need to ramp up the fines for this sort of lazy, inconsiderate behaviour.

Comment edited by positive1@cogeco.ca on 2014-09-17 22:38:52

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