Comment 69676

By Mr. Meister (anonymous) | Posted September 15, 2011 at 14:00:26

The lack of cycling lanes in the city is appalling. The only thing I find more offensive is the lack of progress on changing that problem. Main St. W. was just completely redone in front of Mac 6 lanes plus turn lanes a wide median between opposing lanes, not a single meter of bike lanes. McMaster has a fair number of students who bike to school and that fact is totally ignored. Even bike lanes along Emerson which feeds students from a large stretch of student homes south of main were ignored. Sterling St. was redone with bike lanes on each side but, Main St. warranted nothing. Of the 2 streets Main St. needs the bike lanes a lot more than Sterling does. Upper James is undergoing a major renovation yet I would bet dollars to donuts that there will not be any bike lanes when the work is complete. This is the time to add cycling lanes whenever work is being done to our streets. Cheapest easiest way to do it, not in a year or two after a major overhaul when the costs are higher.

The busier the street the more it needs bike lanes. Most cyclists would bike on Queensdale long before they would want to bike on either Fennell or Mohawk. Personally I would much rather see money and commitment thrown at bike lanes than a velodrome.

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