Cycling in Waterloo Region

[ijmorlan]

It doesn't look too different from the parking in downtown kitchener and previously it was parking, it's not much of a leap to believe that it isn't parking now. I think there is quite the overreaction since no one outside of this forum really knows that it is a bike lane.

It’s not overreacting to be upset that after a lengthy debate at City Hall and a Council vote to implement segregated bicycle lanes that we don’t actually have segregated lanes.

By the way, does anybody understand why they installed roll curbs? To me, the word “segregated” implies that there will be more than roll curbs separating the vehicular lanes from the bicycle lanes. Otherwise it’s barely different from regular bicycle lanes, even ignoring the fact that people generally don’t park ubiquitously in bicycle lanes (I mean, there are lots of scofflaws, but it usually still adds up to bicycle lanes that are mostly free of parked cars, just not free enough to count on not having to detour now and then).

And the failure to install appropriate signage before re-opening the road is inexcusable. I understand that construction schedules and so on can lead to an inability to completely finish before the weather turns, but installing a few signs is not a big job and should have been manageable. Also as pointed out by somebody else, the City should be towing these cars. What would they do with cars parked in the vehicular lanes?