Cycling in Waterloo Region

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If somebody doesn’t want to cross the street to get to the right-way bicycle lane they should just use the sidewalk, carefully. Although I suppose somebody who thinks it’s OK to bicycle the wrong way probably won’t be careful on the sidewalk either, so maybe I shouldn’t encourage them…

I am 100% in favour of cycling on the sidewalk when you feel it is an unreasonable burden or dangerous to cross the street (possibly twice).

However an interesting thing happened to me today.
I was biking westbound on Lexington, when I notice a bike in the distance that appears to be going the wrong way in the bike lane. I was getting geared up to confront him, block his path, and generally make him yield to me, the person going the right way in the lane.
But as I approached, I realized it was a ~11 year old boy. And I thought that jesus, I don't blame him for not wanting to cross the street and bike in the bike lane, he should just be on the sidewalk. Of course, this is Lexington, where the homeowners successfully lobbied against a sidewalk on the north side of the street.

So I guess what I want to say is:
Fuck those homeowners robbing this child of a safe space to bicycle.