Cycling in Waterloo Region

[timc]

All well and good, but why not remove the one lane of Moore that is unused?

[danbrotherston]

Guelph have borrowed the measuring device from Ottawa and will begin enforcing the 1 meter passing law. I wonder what it would take to get WRPS to do the same.

http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId...tPageNum=1

Interestingly enough, I suspect that police marked bikes will get a wider birth (and vastly less road rage + honking) thank your average cyclist. That being said, I have seen WRPS bike police occasionally riding in a fashion as to encourage unsafe overtakes.

Additionally, this article is posted on Facebook....this is going to be a frustrating evening.

[Markster]

Additionally, this article is posted on Facebook....this is going to be a frustrating evening.

You don't need to correct everyone on the internet

[Bob_McBob]

Pfft.

[Pheidippides]

Hoping our resident by-law expert will answer this one.

What constitutes no standing vs. no stopping vs. no parking?

For instance, is the “Chubbs Post hole and fence” truck seen here doing anything wrong? There is no parking allowed, but stopping is allowed outside of 11:30AM to 01:30PM and 4:30PM to 6:00PM.

So why is stopping even allowed in bike lanes at all (e.g Park between William and Allen)?

[KevinL]

I would call that truck 'parked' given that its trailer gate is down, so straight-up in violation.

I do question why stopping is permitted at any time, yes.

[panamaniac]

So this actually touches on something I was wondering about this week. You often see cars stopped (and even parked) at the curb and blocking the painted bicycle lane, as in the posted link. Are they in fact supposed to stop outside the painted line, where stopping is permitted? I have never seen anyone stop that way, which is not surprising.

[ijmorlan]

So this actually touches on something I was wondering about this week.  You often see cars stopped (and even parked) at the curb and blocking the painted bicycle lane, as in the posted link.  Are they in fact supposed to stop outside the painted line, where stopping is permitted?  I have never seen anyone stop that way, which is not surprising.

Shouldn’t be allowed. It’s a traffic lane, period.

If it were up to me I would install those little plastic flags (like bollards, but with no actual stopping ability — they would just bend over) along all the bike lane lines to clearly tell cars that they have no business at the curb ever for even one second.

And all major roads would eventually be re-built with segregated bike lanes, eliminating the problem entirely.

[timc]

But... you are allowed to stop in most traffic lanes. And you are allowed to stop in bike lanes as well.

[panamaniac]

But... you are allowed to stop in most traffic lanes. And you are allowed to stop in bike lanes as well.

But even if you are a car and the line between the traffic lane and bicycle lane is solid?  That's where I'm in doubt.

[timc]

According to my research, you can stop in the bike lane if you're picking up/dropping off passengers.

[ijmorlan]

According to my research, you can stop in the bike lane if you're picking up/dropping off passengers.

Interesting, I had wondered about that.

And I should add that, while I’m pretty much a hardliner when it comes to cars occupying bike lanes, even I can’t see a problem with a bona fide quick stop to pick up or drop off passengers. It’s when the driver sits around in the lane for a minute or more and actually inconveniences a whole stream of cyclists that there is a problem.

So I’m not sure I would really support flags demarcating bike lanes but I do think that “quick” stops (as opposed to quick stops) should be enforced fairly rigorously.

[tomh009]

So I’m not sure I would really support flags demarcating bike lanes but I do think that “quick” stops (as opposed to quick stops) should be enforced fairly rigorously.

As they should be in regular traffic lanes, as well.

[Elmira Guy]

Bike lane lines have been finished on Lincoln Rd.

[Canard]

New surprise MUT on Hayward!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh, jeez! Well, this is certainly better. Nice job on Hayward! <a href="https://t.co/VOBXAIQC1r">pic.twitter.com/VOBXAIQC1r</a></p>&mdash; Iain Hendry (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/886608301999497216">July 16, 2017</a></blockquote>