07-04-2019, 03:40 PM
Everyone is predictable losing their shit about plans to convert street parking to bike lanes in Vista Hills.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/neighbourho...-1.4494336
I've spent a lot of time in this area. Sundew Drive is the continuation of Columbia Street and the main access route to the subdivision. A large portion of it already has bike lanes, but they disappear in the residential sections. The point of this change is to make it safe to connect the existing bike lanes with the trail infrastructure at the end of Sundew which is heavily advertised by the developer.
Every affected property in this section has 3 or more parking spaces, and the furthest distance from a side street with parking is 200m, with most being 100m or less. The idea guests will have to trek huge distances to find parking is simply not true.
If you read the petition, a large part of the objection is property owners on the side streets who think other people shouldn't be allowed to use "their" street parking.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/neighbourho...-1.4494336
I've spent a lot of time in this area. Sundew Drive is the continuation of Columbia Street and the main access route to the subdivision. A large portion of it already has bike lanes, but they disappear in the residential sections. The point of this change is to make it safe to connect the existing bike lanes with the trail infrastructure at the end of Sundew which is heavily advertised by the developer.
Every affected property in this section has 3 or more parking spaces, and the furthest distance from a side street with parking is 200m, with most being 100m or less. The idea guests will have to trek huge distances to find parking is simply not true.
If you read the petition, a large part of the objection is property owners on the side streets who think other people shouldn't be allowed to use "their" street parking.