Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

I mean, "weak" is kind of a vague and inflamatory term, but generally we have been unsuccessful in achieving meaningful change in government transportation policy.

As to why, if I had an answer, I'd probably not be bemoaning it, but I'm inclined to blame fear of change, and preference for a broken status quo, lack of vision for the future, however you want to say it (I won't call it conservatism, but the shoe kind of fits), as opposed to any lack of effort on the effort of the cycling community, although no doubt vehicular cyclists did enormous harm in many places that is (mostly) in the past.

But hey, anyone who knows what the magic bullet is to make change, please PM me the details .

 Magic bullet is money, as in all things, no?  Money to buy media sympathy, money to build public support and participation, money to pressure politicians and bureaucrats.

Well that is one big part of it, possibly the biggest part of it. There is vastly more money, especially in Canada invested in inefficient forms of transportation. It's scarily close to something written in a book about 1984, but I suppose a discussion about philosophy to priortize having more stuff as opposed to more time in our society is beyond the scope of this forum.