Expanding bike lanes and bike-sharing programs encourages cycling as a sustainable and healthy mode of transportation. Proponents argue that it reduces traffic congestion, lowers emissions, and promotes a healthier lifestyle. Opponents argue that it can be costly, may take away road space from vehicles, and might not be widely used.
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@ISIDEWITH7mos7MO
How safe would you feel biking in your town, and why?
@9TXFQCY 7mos7MO
I'd feel safer in a bike lane, but they are very stressful for drivers because cyclists has a reputation for appearing seemingly out of nowhere and there are many situations when the driver is liable for an accident that was difficult to foresee happening
@9V4MC8R7mos7MO
i think you should be able to bike on different roads meant for bikes. An example of this is the valley trail in whistler bc every town should have one.
@9V4HW8M7mos7MO
Biking in my neighbourhood feels safe, but trying to travel on roads with no bike lanes feels dangerous.
@9V4BBZG7mos7MO
Unsafe, there are lots of bike thefts and stabbings in my city
@9P8NRFMNew Democratic 10mos10MO
Yes, and there should be more protections set in place for cyclists on public roadways.
@9W545SXNew Democratic6mos6MO
Yes, but require cyclists to pass a course for cycling in traffic, lane use, etc.
@9W3RQ7S6mos6MO
No, much of Canada is too cold for this to be a viable year-round solution.
@9RZPX679mos9MO
no, bike lanes are dangerous and counter progressive for cities
@9RDS9RZ9mos9MO
I would prefer to see bike routes separate from the main roads, but understand this is difficult
@B4TXJ28 3 days3D
yes and no. i think you need a good reliable and robust public transit system to be able to help these bikers in the winter. they dont see enough use in winter cause you still cant quickly get from one place to another cause ETS sucks
@B4JYPMQ2wks2W
Montreal needs to do a better job implementing bike lanes where they are safe and make sense in the neighborhood
@B4GN6PQ3wks3W
There should be a weather and climate element here - expand bike lanes if they can be used for the majority of the year
Improving public transit is higher priority, no everyone would or can bike due to travel distance or health issues
Deleted1mo1MO
Yes but mixed use instead of concrete barriers so emergency vehicles can get in those lanes when needed
@B44WNB21mo1MO
Only if they're gonna actually expand the road and not just take away a lane of traffic. Or make their own routes entirely seperate from traffic
@B44F3351mo1MO
Yes, but they should not take up road space just yet in large, busy cities like Toronto, rather they should add new spaces for bike lanes in those cities.
@B43W96P1mo1MO
I like the idea but this should only be done when there is extra money in the budget for expansion of lanes or if new roads are being developed as this is a large sometimes traffic jam inducing expansion. Bike sharing programs are a good idea though.
@B3VQVNZ1mo1MO
With the amount of brutal winter that Canada has, I would leave this up to the individual city to deal with this. Calgary has a ton of bike lanes and only a minority amount of people use them because the city has too much sprawl and you basically need a vehicle.
@B2TYRNR3mos3MO
Yes, but the government should take more care in taking measures to ensure bikes don't interfere with traffic.
@B244VCM4mos4MO
Bike Lanes are extremely important. You can't have a bike on a sidewalk, for hurting a pedestrian. A bike on a road is dangerous because of the drivers in cars. I think we need to start thinking outside the box. Bike chain programs while the idea is amazing, people mistreat the bikes and the scooters.
@B228W6V5mos5MO
Yes but privatize bike sharing services, and there should be more reform to include cyclists in traffic laws
@9ZRQ8ZP5mos5MO
Yes, but only if the city has space to expand. So far, it only seems to be contributing to traffic congestion. Also, in many areas of Canada, riding a bike is only feasible for about 7 months of the year, ultimately leaving the bike lanes empty the majority of the time, which seems like a waste.
@9ZNZZY85mos5MO
No, this ought to fall on municipally run programming.
@9WBTJ7S6mos6MO
No. There is no bicycle monitoring system so therefore there are no regulations, which creates a dangerous experience with no rules of road bicycle rider violations.
@9TNBDV87mos7MO
Yes, but the bike lanes should be on less travelled streets where practical, this would have a secondary effect of keeping cars off of smaller residential streets.
@9SLJBJV8mos8MO
Promote - yes. But do it where it makes sense rather than just for the sake of it. The most asinine construction of a bike lane was 10th Ave in Vancouver, hindering access to the VGH ER and The Blusson Spine Centre (to name a few). Last I checked people needing the ER or those with spinal injuries weren’t cycling to those facilities.
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@B4VGK573 days3D
Bike lanes don’t work in snow covered streets. I like the idea of bike lanes and bike sharing but only in big cities with little to no snow.
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