tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post9188172980851575973..comments2024-01-29T01:34:10.065-05:00Comments on jackandcokewithalime: Councillor Minnan-Wong's Bike Lane Plan the Result of Power Madness?jackandcokewithalimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16459660574250332680noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-58277267928964265692011-01-09T23:53:19.593-05:002011-01-09T23:53:19.593-05:00Oh Anonymous...
And you base your estimate of &qu...Oh Anonymous...<br /><br />And you base your estimate of <i>"twenty or thirty thousand dollars"</i> on...what exactly?? Where are your references? I'm just curious as Minnan-Wong himself said they haven't costed it out yet, so I'm just wondering where you got your numbers saying that putting these curbed bike lanes on Queens Quay, St. George, John St, Beverley St and Richmond will cost twenty to thirty thousand dollars?...<br /><br /><i>"Even on a winter day I see thousands of cyclists crossing our busy arterial roads downtown."</i><br /><br />That's a good one! That actually made me smile! :) Good for you! <i>"Thousands of cyclists"</i>, hilarious...<br /><br /><i>"If there's any place in this city where it is the realm of transit and bikes and that is downtown. Here, the car is the foreigner should be required to get a "passport" to enter."</i><br /><br />Talking to me about a <i>fool making outrageous claims</i>, here's an idea, why don't you go and do some research, and then tell me whose realm downtown is, bikes or cars? Transit, yes, I agree. But bikes? I think you need to wake up. Here's some good reading for you to start with: <a href="http://jackandcokewithalime.blogspot.com/2010/12/statistic-less-than-half-of-toronto.html" rel="nofollow">Statistic: Less Than Half of Toronto Cyclists Actually Use Bike Lanes...</a>. <br /><br />And to tell you the truth Anonymous, I would rather have cars on the road instead of those cyclists. In fact, give me 2 cars for every cyclist that we remove from our roads downtown, I'll take it!<br /><br />Every single day that I drive downtown, I see these cyclists blocking the roads, running reds, narrowly missing pedestrians, decimating traffic, and filtering between cars as if to create their own 1-foot lanes. At least people driving cars obey the laws of the road.<br /><br />Again, as I said earlier, separated bike lanes are a good idea, but taking away lanes from motor vehicles on Richmond in order to implement them, no way in hell.<br /><br />--jackandcokewithalimejackandcokewithalimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459660574250332680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-62198852323525719532011-01-09T22:15:01.508-05:002011-01-09T22:15:01.508-05:00Yes, it will cost a "fortune"! Like, twe...Yes, it will cost a "fortune"! Like, twenty or thirty thousand dollars!! How can the city afford this!<br /><br />It's the refuge of the fool to make outrageous claims that are so vague they are irrefutable.<br /><br />And typical of car drivers to assume that only they count as "traffic". Think about it in reverse: take away the bike lane and some cyclists may go back to driving to work. So how did these additional cars help your traffic congestion? Not very well did it.<br /><br />If there's any place in this city where it is the realm of transit and bikes and that is downtown. Here, the car is the foreigner should be required to get a "passport" to enter.<br /><br />Downtown roads may be narrow and congested, but the sidewalks are even narrower. The best option for all us - drivers, cyclists - is to put in separated bike lanes.<br /><br />Even on a winter day I see thousands of cyclists crossing our busy arterial roads downtown. Every one of them counts as one less car to cause a traffic jam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-73508336417558742452011-01-09T01:35:38.274-05:002011-01-09T01:35:38.274-05:00btw: Question: what was the point of the crazy o...btw: Question: what was the point of the crazy over priced & designed transit city? I mean, if they were actually going to get their LRT's all over the place, why do they still need dedicated bike lanes? <br /><br />Bcos it IS a war on cars!CheeMisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859143983663042672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-10826514471820909992011-01-09T01:31:14.295-05:002011-01-09T01:31:14.295-05:00OMG, can you imagine. The already narrow roads gi...OMG, can you imagine. The already narrow roads giving up more space to dedicated bike lanes? <br /><br />I prefer that the sidewalks be designed to accommodate the part-time used, dedicated bike lane. <br /><br />IF, or once those double length streetcars show up, it will make passing them with cars impossible. And then to contend with more bike lanes. Heaven forbid!<br /><br />We elected Rob Ford bcos his mandate was to return the roads to motorized vehicles and now their talking about more bike lanes? I think everyone thinks that Miller and Smitherman are still in office. lololol Reality hasn't set in. <br /><br />Cyclists are part-timers. We want lower taxes. We cannot afford these crippling stupid ideas any longer. Look at what we are now paying for hydro. It's suppose to go up even more. Almost double per mth. These whims & fanciful ideas are just way to expensive......period!CheeMisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859143983663042672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-12993356744876678852011-01-08T18:55:00.007-05:002011-01-08T18:55:00.007-05:00I've been meaning to post for a while, love th...I've been meaning to post for a while, love the blog. I've actually been thinking we need more of this kind of attitude in T.O. to try and balance the endless amount of ink that the "progressives" in this city get. Thanks for calling out Adam Vaughn every chance you get too, it's time for him to join that other "Adam" on the sidelines...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-35446757272652906602011-01-08T18:09:05.747-05:002011-01-08T18:09:05.747-05:00Wow, this one really struck a chord.
Well Anonymo...Wow, this one really struck a chord.<br /><br />Well Anonymous #2, like you I am all for complete separation of roads from bike lanes, and I agree that the curb would be great. Believe me, nobody hates those cyclists filtering between cars more than I do.<br /><br />The thing that bothers me is when they take away lanes from motor vehicles and replace them with bike lanes, especially like what Minnan-Wong plans to do on Richmond.<br /><br />Motor vehicles use Richmond and need every lane desperately, whereas bike lanes aren't even being used by half of all Toronto cyclists who have a choice to use them (see <a href="http://jackandcokewithalime.blogspot.com/2010/12/statistic-less-than-half-of-toronto.html" rel="nofollow">Statistic: Less Than Half of Toronto Cyclists Actually Use Bike Lanes...</a>). Not to mention that for a large part of the year, the majority of cyclists don't even ride given the weather... I mean, how many cyclists did you count out there today? I counted none.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your comments both Anonymous #1 and Anonymous #2, I appreciate your readership and your opinions.<br /><br />--jackandcokewithalimejackandcokewithalimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459660574250332680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-72198418329277031502011-01-08T16:19:46.196-05:002011-01-08T16:19:46.196-05:00J&C I am usually behind you 100% but in this c...J&C I am usually behind you 100% but in this case you are wrong. We need bike curbs in the worst way to keep the jackass bicyclists in this city from turning every commute into an endless game of chicken...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812689964160142293.post-29200923401163435162011-01-08T13:55:09.441-05:002011-01-08T13:55:09.441-05:00Yeah, he's obviously gone power mad. How dare ...Yeah, he's obviously gone power mad. How dare this megalomaniac councilor reconcile his beliefs with common sense and the urban-planning practices of every major city that is adding hundreds of kms of urban bike lanes while we in Toronto argue over a dozen? Doesn't he realize that we elected him to govern us, not pragmatically, but based only on blind adherence to ideology?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com