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‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately (www.yorkregion.com)

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“They are not safe. They are anything but for safety,” said a woman who added vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards.

Oh, so drivers behind of the wheel of an automobile are the danger. Why remove the bike lanes rather than the car lanes?

I heard that Etobicoke's NIMBYs are insane, but this is a new level of stupidity from Richmond Hill.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and even then it's not like it's actually expensive, literally just putting down a kerb and pouring some asphalt to create what's effectively a sidewalk gives you perfectly fine bike infrastructure, and that's hilariously cheap compared to most car infrastructure.

[–] moonbunny 2 points 1 month ago

It’s usually not an option to add a curb since that creates issues with drainage, and that type of work would only reasonably happen during a complete road reconstruction (where even the road bed requires replacing). However, there is the Toronto solution of dropping concrete barriers with openings on the bottom to allow storm water runoff to pass while providing a more concrete (heh) barrier for cyclists