(05-03-2018, 09:23 AM)creative Wrote: So because there was only one car parked there when the photo was taken a mean that nobody ever parks there. With that reasoning I can say that I travel the Ottawa roundabouts quite frequently and have never seen a cyclist going through there so therefore nothing needs to be done to improve it for cycling.
Please try to understand before responding. There is a reason why I said it is a “sample” of how valuable the parking is, and mentioned the fact that the StreetView image shows more cars. Additionally, there is a surrounding context in which way too much parking is needed; and by “way too much” I mean in a sense that can be defined in Economics, where it’s safe to say that if so much of something is supplied that it swamps the demand even at a zero price as is the case with much of the parking in this city, then it’s “too much”. It’s not just a few bicycle-riding urban pinkos and hipsters who think there is too much parking; it’s anybody who has any appreciation at all for basic economics concepts. In other words, the very limited sample provided by the two data points (overhead view and StreetView) happens to match up with what is already known.
Additionally, even if the parking were always full, the total number of cars that could be parked along that stretch is under 30 even being generous. Inconveniencing those 30 people might be a reasonable price to pay for having a proper bicycle lane.
Finally, may I assume that because you said absolutely nothing about my idea to allow contraflow bicycle traffic without explicit signage that you approve? You only responded to the by-the-way side note to my main point.