(07-10-2015, 05:52 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: That's all fine and good, but it often is the case that I find people (adults/teens) biking on sidewalks along streets that aren't terribly busy. Case in point, Lincoln Rd. Hardly a main artery teeming with traffic. Nevertheless, I frequently see people biking down the sidewalks.
Lincoln Road is wide and fast, and has buses travelling on it. It doesn't matter that it's not busy with cars - having a car or truck or bus fly by you at 60 km/h is scary enough to push many people to the sidewalk.
(07-10-2015, 05:52 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: But I don't think it's fair to make pedestrians have to go off the sidewalk because a cyclist doesn't want to use the road, for whatever reason. As I see it, sidewalks are primarily for those on foot, or those using mobility aides. If you feel that sidewalks should also be a space for cyclists, then we better start making sidewalks wider.
The current situation is neither fair for people on bikes nor for people on foot, and we desperately need infrastructure as good for biking as sidewalks are for walking or roads for driving.
(07-10-2015, 10:56 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: That white lane painted literally right next to the curb that is called a "bike lane" on Queen between Courtland and Highland is pathetic. I take the full lane down that entire stretch; too many cars try to pass cyclists even when there are boulevard's/pedestrian islands/oncoming cars narrowing the road width.
It isn't a bike lane - I believe it's a misguided attempt at traffic calming by making the car lane appear more narrow. But it's terrible precisely because it gets mistaken for a bike lane.