Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
38The amount of money it cost for the few people that use bike lanes especially in the winter is ridiculous.
23- Reasonable Person
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
28Faustus...if bikes are using the roads, should they not get their vehicle licensed, pay a fee like the rest of us?
21- Diane Limebeer
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
29Totally fine for you to feel that way - just don't be upset when cyclists are in the middle of the road this winter. They are entitled to use the road too, according to the law, so be sure to drive safe around them!
19- Faustus Legrand
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
34"Or was it the year they started handing out participaction ribbons and entitlement was a lifestyle."The only entitlement I seem to see is drivers feeling they are entitled to drive as fast as they want wherever and whenever they want. Today's headlines alone include "Vehicle clocked doing 134 km/h in 60 km/h zone" and "Driver had more than twice legal limit of alcohol in his system" followed by my favorite - "Driver flees after crashing into hydro pole"But bicycles, and the infrastructure for people who choose to ride them year-round, are definitely the entitlement here?
12- Faustus Legrand
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
22Pandering to a small but loud group.
21- Reasonable Person
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
26Did winter bicycling just start this year? Or was it the year they started handing out participaction ribbons and entitlement was a lifestyle. What did you do last year and the year before and the year before, before there was ever such a thing as a bike lane. Here’s an idea, take out the cement bollards and plow right to the curb like they did years ago. You, the bicyclists can pretend that there are the bollards and the painted lines under all the snow and slush which you claim will keep you safe. Because a five foot by six inch concrete barrier is NOT going to save your butt especially if Mr Cardrivers 5000 lb sliding out of control vehicle goes over the top of it. And true, getting hit by a car doing 20 is not as bad as getting hit @ 60, it’s still going to mess you up.
16- 1SPOOK
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
21You’d be surprised, data from the city of Toronto has shown that around 20% of summer cycling volumes continue throughout the winter. There are other studies online that are claiming even higher percentages. 20% is still substantial, given the amount of cyclists we see in the summer. That number is also inclined to rise if people have safe cycling infrastructure such as plowed bike lanes. There are other implications which also make the investment worthwhile and necessary, such as people with mobility devices who need to use the bike lane (as Taylor mentioned in this article), accessibility for transit, and for residents who live on streets with bike lanes now being required to do extra shoveling because they suddenly have a longer stretch of unplowed snow at the end of their driveway.
19- Tay Caton
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
25What did these people do 2 years ago when bike lanes weren't a thing ? Making an issue out of something that should have never been erected in this country and climate to begin with. Explains why our city is broke to a T.
15- James D
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
23Sorry, but these bike lines have already taken so many traffic lanes away from the drivers of this city causing more congestion and frustration. I agree with the vote. The majority of the transportation is vehicles, and the way the city has gone is backwards, I agree with that point but because of all the main roads going from 4 lane back to 2 lanes to try and please the minority bikers!!!!
14- LabsRule
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
23I agree with your comment especially re: cement bollards. These are a bigger hazard! Take ‘em out!!!
12- Mark Si
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
21Tay Caton City of Toronto is a little different than Guelph. It is filled people has transit and no parking. Its not apples to apples. Living in a city like that is a lifestyle not the same here.
14- Reasonable Person
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
26I personally ride a bike. I ride on the road or on the sidewalk. it is fine. We don't need to plough bike lanes. The real issue is that sidewalks can carry both bikes and people. It is ridiculous that the city does not want us riding on this perfectly good space. We can share the space. Neither are overcrowded in the winter, and most people do not ride or walk very far. I use the sidewalk all the time. it is fine, and it is ploughed.
8- Jess #1
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
14@Reasonable Person - you’re right, it is different, in the sense that they have much better year-round cycling infrastructure and actually plow their bike lanes so the 20% of people who continue to cycle in the winter can do that more safely. @Diane Limebeer actually no, that’s not how the law works. I encourage you to read the Highway Traffic Act, or at least the part that talks about cyclists being able to take the full lane when they deem it is necessary (for example when our council chooses to not plow bike lanes).
18- Tay Caton
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
14In the bad old days cars went up on blocks and bicycles went to the basement. Perhaps the winter riders could form a snow clearing group from their own numbers.
16- Diane Limebeer
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
15Bike lanes were very much a thing 2 years ago. I encourage you to leave Guelph every now and then. There’s a lot more world out there.
15- Tay Caton
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
18You would actually drive a bicycle with what assume is a two wheel child carrier attached to the back down the middle of an icy city street ? Common sense has gone out he window
12- Albein
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
9I often wonder how many of the people biking in the winter are doing so because of loss of license due to impaired or reckless driving.
18- James Dawe
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
18Bollards statistically reduce the number of accidents, but also the severity of injuries if an accident does happen. You said it yourself, an accident at 60km/h is much different than one at 20km/h. I don’t know about you, but personally I’d rather have a broken arm than die.
8- Tay Caton
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
25I guess what I don't understand is the fact that on roads where the bike lanes are the same level as the road and just separated by a white painted line why that portion cannot be cleared, it makes no sense. People depend on cleared sidewalks and roads and bike lanes to get around .
- Lorraine Pagnan
Cycling advocates warn there will be more angry drivers this winter
10In the old days more people could actually afford a car.
13- Tay Caton
