... and evidence of more conflict to come

Post date: Dec 23, 2010 4:9:48 PM

Eric correctly identifies problems elsewhere that we can expect to experience if Council proceeds with its naïve Laurier Avenue proposals.

An editorial in Australia's Daily Telegraph states that it is not uncommon to see bike lanes occupied by no cyclists at all, even at relatively busy hours. It comments that motorists who are denied parking spaces because of these "ghost lanes" are understandably resentful. See ... Don't Push our Tolerance Levels

A similar complaint was made by representatives of Ottawa's business community earlier this year in the Ottawa Business Journal

In New York there have been reports of conflict between residents and cyclists over bike lanes, more at ...

While in Boston bike lanes were removed following conflict between opposing sides, more at ...

The Netherlands too is not quite the utopia for cyclists it's made out to be either. While the number of cyclist fatalities has stayed more or less stable over several years it has not matched the declining overall numbers for road traffic deaths. The Dutch Sports Cycling Federation has indicated cyclists want out and be allowed back on roads, more at ...