The fact is most serious injuries/deaths in e-bike/motorcycle accidents are caused by drivers of cars or the blame/responsibility is shared or is partially caused by poor infrastructure/parked cars blocking sightlines etc. The media chooses not to focus on this.
Why is it ALWAYS a RAM? Done a few more trips on this stretch of Bathurst with the priority lanes in, and there's always at least one person that feels entitled.
You'd think it would be like shooting fish in a barrel for TPS but unsurprisingly traffic enforcement is not a priority.
I scream every time I see a post like this; Bad infrastructure design leads to bad behaviour on bikes. If you design your infrastructure for everyone, then the laws are seen to be fair to everyone, and the majority will follow them. I wrote about this: www.treehugger.com/study-shows-...
Chamfer champs, 6052 and 6056 N. Albany (1924-25, Arthur C. Buckett)
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This is the anti-Toronto. Imagine a city where they want people excited and out in the streets. Toronto would probably debate this for an hour and then approve it as a pilot project for the next time the team makes the finals
The thing about Montreal’s summer “festivals” is that many of them last for weeks. Duration is a great strategy for relieving crowd pressure. Montreal also permits multiple closures to happen concurrently, creating more space. Put more time and more space together and overcrowding evaporates.
Time to vote out all the city councillors who believe traffic restrictions are a "war on cars" cars do not belong in the inner city, full stop. Even NYC has pedestrianized streets now. However transit needs to be better
