Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

Effective enforcement of current bylaws would make a bigger difference than larger fines (that are not enforced), methinks.

The bike lanes are "No Parking", so taxi's, ride share, delivery who are "actively loading or unloading" as defined in the HTA, are not legally parked.  The city should make those lanes no stopping [or have the police enforce the "Diamond Lane" aspect... any vehicle that is not a bike would be guilty of an offence]

Coke

I think you allude to it but I want to make it explicit. Delivery/rideshare/taxis are committing an HTA offense (what they're doing is illegal) when they are in a bike lane.  However due to the distribution of powers, city bylaw refuses to ticket them because it is WRPSs jurisdiction to enforce the HTA but WRPS will under no circumstances ticket a vehicle in that situation.  When we were told enforcement would solve the uptown bike lanes it was nothing short of an outright lie.