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If a state can re-open a damaged highway in less than two weeks by declaring an emergency, there's no reason a city can't install a massive network of protected bike lanes by declaring a climate emergency or a public safety emergency. It's all a matter of who and what elected officials think matter.
June 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If a state can re-open a damaged highway in less than two weeks by declaring an emergency, there's no reason a city can't install a massive network of protected bike lanes by declaring a climate emergency or a public safety emergency. It's all a matter of who and what elected officials think matter.
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As per Marcus Gee’s column today, Paris has transformed due to the leadership of the mayor; meanwhile ON is going backwards thanks to the premier; we need more cities to lead from the front, to declare (in sim idea as this) 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
What Doug Ford could learn from Paris, the city where car was once king
Instead of joining the Paris-led urban revolution, he is attempting a counter-revolution
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As per Marcus Gee’s column today, Paris has transformed due to the leadership of the mayor; meanwhile ON is going backwards thanks to the premier; we need more cities to lead from the front, to declare (in sim idea as this) 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
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Sharrows are often included on bike maps as viable bike routes. That’s a problem because they aren’t safer than no bike infrastructure at all. Also, I heard people argue against bike lanes by saying, “Street X has a bike route already so we don’t need one nearby.” And that route was a sharrow
Sharrows Are Ineffective, Potentially Counterproductive
Research shows there’s no substitute for protected bike lanes, and sharrows may make roads more dangerous for cyclists.
www.planetizen.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sharrows are often included on bike maps as viable bike routes. That’s a problem because they aren’t safer than no bike infrastructure at all. Also, I heard people argue against bike lanes by saying, “Street X has a bike route already so we don’t need one nearby.” And that route was a sharrow