11-23-2018, 09:06 PM
(11-23-2018, 08:35 PM)plam Wrote: Today's haul on King St's "separated" bike lanes: one car parked at King and Dupont and one at King and Princess, both beyond the end of the parking spots and plumb in the middle of the lanes (almost on top of the bike symbol). The one at King and Dupont is probably in the handicapped spot.
Bonus: Uber stopped in the bike lane on the west side to drop off passengers.
Pretty well par for the course.
Ironic, given that City of Waterloo bylaw claimed they had written only 12 tickets 2 months ago, despite "patrolling" on a regular basis (they said 130 patrols in the month).
Either they're being EXTREMELY generous about what they ticket, or they're patrolling at 4 AM--or more likely both, I've been told explicitly, they will not ticket taxis or rideshares in the lane, because apparently although illegal, it's a HTA violation which they can't ticket, and thus, when told that enforcement would solve the problem, we/maybe council were straight up lied too.
Of course, the Region is even more obstinate about the design, continuing to argue that it's fine. They are however completing a study, which I will promote here again:
https://surveys.regionofwaterloo.ca/?e=138552&h=DF587D3F1E1AE87&l=en
It's worth filling out carefully, the questions are rather...biased...to achieve the result of "the lane is fine".
The report will be presented at ATAC in January, where I have a (twice deferred on weak excuses) motion to ask Regional Council to consider a more protected design for Phase 2. I find it unlikely staff will support this request, so it's likely going to be a case where council would have to overrule staff for anything to change.