Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

The city has been applying thermoplastic bike lane markers on Margaret. There is a new one in front of the Grace Lutheran church and at lunch they were getting ready to apply one at Wilhelm. This will be a nice improvement to the paint that keeps wearing off weeks after being applied.

Paint which continually wears off is an indicator that cars are driving in the bike lane.  I realize there is parking (that's another issue entirely), but vehicles moving into and out of parking are unlikely to cause lines to wear away as they do on many roads.  Seems like we need a solution which actually protects the bike lanes more than with just paint.