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Protest ride in favour of bike lane maintenance happening tonight
GuelphToday
19The purpose of installing separated bike lanes is to provide a safer space for people who otherwise wouldn't ride their bikes. It is expected that use of these new lanes will be relatively low the first couple of years, and increase over time - as it has elsewhere. To say "nobody uses the lanes" is shortsighted. To not maintain the lanes undermines the intent and purpose of these lanes. Further, it seems that many commenters opposed to separated lanes have the view that cycling is only recreational - that's wrongheaded. The key to shifting trips away from cars and onto other modes is to provide transportation CHOICE. A resilient and healthy community would provide enough choice that driving a car should be the last choice. To close down cycling infrastructure for half the year undermines the purpose, and creates conflict in the community. What we need from the Mayor is leadership, instead we got a cycling cheerleader producing social media content, instead of results.
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'I am sorry': Mayor Guthrie backpedal, orders bike lanes plowed
GuelphToday 15From cheerleader to leader. I applaud this move by the Mayor. Thank you to everyone who spoke out on this issue. Now giddy-up!
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Guelph couple helping unhoused ‘Friends in the Forest’
GuelphToday 17Beautiful. These people have shown me what I thought was the culture of this community when I moved here a decade ago. In stark contrast to what the municipal government has done, or rather, not done. Thank you for helping our neighbours, and for restoring some of my faith in our community.
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Ontario big cities see more public drug use, paramedic calls since consumption site closures
GuelphToday 14What you refer to is a statistical trend since 2023. That is good news. What is happening now is an increase of overdoses when in some locations they were far less common under the previous model, and it is happening in public space - also right there in the article.Arresting people that need help will not solve any aspect of the problem. Those that need help will continue to suffer, police and court resources wasted on a solvable problem and using funds better applied to serious crime.
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A bridge no more: Guelph's historic trestle bridge is demolished
GuelphToday 13No mind reading was required. The province provided the opportunity in letter form; community groups needed a restoration commitment BUT did not ask for it, and instead waited for 3 years for the province to just provide it unbidden (maybe expecting the province to read minds?). If you want a thing, you gotta get after it!
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A bridge no more: Guelph's historic trestle bridge is demolished
GuelphToday 11'Twas poor communication that led to the demolition of the bridge. It is too bad this happened, but as reported here recently, community groups were given an opportunity to save the bridge but did not follow up with the province. If you want a thing, you gotta get after it, not wait for those in power to do it for you! Lesson learned.
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Protest ride in favour of bike lane maintenance happening tonight
GuelphToday 10All transport is subsidized.
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Residents must take climate change action in daily lives: forum
GuelphToday 4While I agree that grassroots pressure is required to get government moving on climate actions, I am fed up with the emphasis on individual/household action. If cycling and transit are to be my transportation choices before opting to use my car, then separated bike lanes (paint is not infrastructure!) in key corridors are needed, using my bike isn't a viable option for getting across town. Drivers of electric cars are just as oblivious to sharing the road as any other driver. We have outgrown our small town hub-and-spoke- transit system and we have no rapid transit to speak of - it isn't a real option for most of us that have other choices available to us. If the objective is to get people out of cars then government needs to lead by investing in appropriate infrastructure and provide real transportation choice.
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Mayor, MP and MPP pen letter saying they don't support urban park 'at this time'
GuelphToday 9No surprise. Politicians aren’t leaders. They are managers and spokespeople, often beholden to private interests. Build the bandwagon and they will have to get on board.
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Guelph and area food insecurity rates at an all-time high
GuelphToday 7People. It is past time to take action. Whatever means of action you have at your disposal, take it. And escalate. You have emailed your MP/MPP/Councillor, then call or show up at their office; go to a protest (or organize one). The affordability crisis only continues to worsen. And it will continue this way until those in power are motivated to act. We need to start talking about a General Strike. I am an educated professional working full time and hustling to make dollars on the side. I have sold possessions and now have nothing left to sell. I rely on the food bank and skipping meals in order to feed my child, and even then I have to pick and choose what bills to pay at the end of the month. And, many others have it worse than I. Former neighbours are now on the street. The time for action is now.
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A budget fought on the margins has no good decisions
GuelphToday 3Alas, look at what the austerity agenda has done to us - squabbling over crumbs and pitting cycling against transit. Shall we also talk about sidewalk plowing, when many municipalities require residents to shovel the walks through their properties?Framing cycling as an ideological act, from a transit advocate no less, just feeds into the dominate car centric ideology that makes our communities unsafe, unhealthy, destroys the environment and undermines community connection. Providing transportation CHOICE is a key element to facilitating mode shift away from cars that is essential for healthy communities and avoiding a short, hot future.
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OPINION: Guelph road users - all of them - need an etiquette lesson
GuelphToday 1I am in the mood to move beyond the in-fighting on transportation issues. Saying "everybody's bad" ain't it. If we are celebrating investments in one mode over another, then we will never see the improvements we need, no matter your preferred mode of transport. Come together, people. What we need is real transportation choice.
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