12-10-2017, 11:33 PM
(12-10-2017, 10:30 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(12-10-2017, 03:14 PM)MidTowner Wrote: My feelings about Weber are that it is overbuilt for the traffic it handles, and could stand to lose a lane. It's also (to me) downright scary to bike on. In the study area, the Spur Line doesn't apply, but I see your point.
The reality is that 90% of people still commute using motor vehicle (personal car or transit), so we still need some arterial roads. And between the Expressway and Westmount Rd, Weber St is really the only one.
I'd rather spend the money improving cycling infrastructure on a route parallel to Weber, but not on the same roadway.
An arterial road doesn't have to be 4 lanes. I haven't bothered to look up traffic counts for the whole thing, but north of Parkside, where I was looking for the future bike lane project, there is no traffic justification for four lanes, its entirely political.