05-30-2017, 03:02 PM
Waterloo Council approved bike lanes for Lincoln Road at last night's meeting. Not everyone thought it was a good idea.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/734...residents/
There are so many inconsistencies in these arguments.
"Narrowing the road will make it less safe for kids walking to school." How?
"It will be more difficult to pull out of driveways, in fear of hitting cyclists.", yet "I have yet to see a bike travel down Lincoln Road".
The biggest head-scratcher might be this: "We don’t need bike lanes on Lincoln Road," said Jeff Percival. "Cars, including buses, drive over the speed limit and people don’t like to cycle on that road." People don't like to cycle on roads where they have to ride with fast-moving traffic. Bike lanes would make it safer for people to ride alongside the traffic. The narrowing of the road may also lead people to drive slower.
People need to be dragged out of their car-centric world. Really, I think it mostly comes down to "there won’t be room for on-street parking". But most of the houses on Lincoln Road have large driveways, and on-street parking isn't really much used. When necessary, there is plenty of parking on adjoining streets.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/734...residents/
There are so many inconsistencies in these arguments.
"Narrowing the road will make it less safe for kids walking to school." How?
"It will be more difficult to pull out of driveways, in fear of hitting cyclists.", yet "I have yet to see a bike travel down Lincoln Road".
The biggest head-scratcher might be this: "We don’t need bike lanes on Lincoln Road," said Jeff Percival. "Cars, including buses, drive over the speed limit and people don’t like to cycle on that road." People don't like to cycle on roads where they have to ride with fast-moving traffic. Bike lanes would make it safer for people to ride alongside the traffic. The narrowing of the road may also lead people to drive slower.
People need to be dragged out of their car-centric world. Really, I think it mostly comes down to "there won’t be room for on-street parking". But most of the houses on Lincoln Road have large driveways, and on-street parking isn't really much used. When necessary, there is plenty of parking on adjoining streets.