Comment 70204

By Simon (registered) - website | Posted September 30, 2011 at 12:43:54 in reply to Comment 70194

Lots of interesting comments so far!

I'm just going to address the feasibility of cycling for a second.

If you are into cycling I totally agree that it can be a fantastic method of urban commuting. But I think you have to take off the spandex for a second and look at the prospect of cycling for your daily commute from the perspective of a Volvo driving soccer mom.

From our house to her old job was about 2k - flat, she could bike about half of it on side streets - and ya it took about 15 minutes.

Now add the need to wake up earlier (we don't wake up early, ever, for anything), add the colossal hassle of getting a baby and a toddler out the door in the morning, add dropping off and picking up the aforementioned baby and toddler from the babysitter, add an extra set of clothes every day, add washing and storing your daily extra set of clothes, add additional time to clean up and re-do your makeup, add wind, add rain, add snow, add a computer and lunch bag, add the danger of riding a bike on an arterial roadway with no bike lanes and lots of parked cars......

Even with all that, she did ride her bike once in a while - but unless she was really late and there was no other option - she would rather just walk or take a bus half way and walk the remainder.

Now with her new job you have to add 5k - plus the escarpment....

For a fair weather cyclist, getting 2 kids out the door and commuting by bike from the central mountain to McMaster is not something may would choose to do.

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