Comment 39251

By mikeonthemountain (registered) | Posted March 29, 2010 at 12:43:58

I know what you're saying and I do agree. Plains Road is an example of a poor quality spray-on bike lane which is actually less comfortable than using the lane would be. It's too narrow and the road is deteriorated. Actually, Plains is exactly what I think of regarding 'careful what you wish for' :)

But we have to start somewhere. Like Highwater stated - build it while they come. We indeed do not have the cash nor culture to redo every streetscape right now. But if we wait for some magical time in the future when it's worth it, we never will.

It's a whole bunch of things working together, like Ryan stated. Sound urban planning and availing of the low hanging fruit - do the easy stuff because it helps today. There are many streets that have wide and/or numerous lanes, where safety can be vastly improved with some paint TODAY. Mountain Accesses, King, Main, etc. Then have the courage to plan some decent projects for an appropriate time on the calendar and budget, and thinking more progressively about streetscapes when approaching them. (York Blvd, LRT, etc).

The thing is if we don't start we never will. You really do have to build it 'as they come' - the easy stuff should be already done - not wait for some magical threshold at some unspecified time in the future.

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