Mark Connolly moved to @“The dedicated cycling infrastructure installed by the municipal and regional governments should get the credit, she said. ‘It is starting to feel like a real network, and you can get to a lot of places without relying on a vehicle,’ said Bowman. 'In Kitchener we are seeing the benefits of all those investments.’ She hopes city councillors will formally oppose any move by the province to restrict more bike lanes on city streets.”
Shantell Powell@uxmark I hope more safe bike lanes are installed. The amount of hatred towards cyclists in this region is staggering. I've been assaulted by drivers before and even had an onlooker volunteer to be my witness, but when I called it in, the cops did not give a shit and refused to do anything. I've even had drivers tell me I deserved to die for being a cyclist. What is wrong with people?
@Shanmonster I do think it’s getting better, with Kitchener, Waterloo, and the Region rolling out more safe cycling infrastructure. Still plenty of room for improvement, but it’s something.
@uxmark I have a particular hatred of traffic-activated lights. Unless a vehicle comes along at a fortuitous time, I have to treat red lights as stop signs.
@Shanmonster Yeah, I despise those too. At least pedestrians get a “beg button”. As a cyclist, I’ve learned to treat a signalled intersection as a stop sign as well. Region of Waterloo, which looks after all the signalled intersections, needs to do much better.
@uxmark I've been to a few places where those beg buttons don't work. I call them placebo buttons. I've also been to a few places where I didn't realize it was a traffic activated light and waited and waited and waited before cluing in.
@Shanmonster Yeah, at this point I just assume that they’re *all* traffic-activated, especially for crossing King. Also when I’m out walking, I’ll press the buttons whether I need to cross or not.
@uxmark I'm a pretty fast walker and a lot of those pedestrian traffic lights start flashing when I'm only partway across the road. They don't stay on nearly long enough for seniors or people with mobility issues or small children.
I used to be on the cycling and trails advisory committee a few years ago, but I honestly think they only had me there because I ticked off a diversity checkbox. I stopped going because I don't think they were actually listening to what I had to say. No one contacted me when I stopped going to the meetings.