Edmonton residents asking province to ‘interfere’ and stop construction on bike lane, traffic calming measures
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Hundreds of residents living near a new bike lane project in Edmonton are asking the province to intervene.

“I see no need for it” said a local man named Tom Ogonoski.

“The only people riding bikes around here are the ones stealing your stuff in the middle of the night” he added.

“We want the Alberta government to interfere and protect us” said resident Kimberlee Dawn.

  • Hastur@lemmy.ca
    115·
    2 days ago

    There should be zero need to have on-street parking on both sides of a residential street, when garages and driveways remain empty! If they end up cancelling these bike lanes, the city should be charging for parking at a rate of $100 per day per resident.

    I guarantee you most garages are not empty, even if not used for vehicles people store stuff in them. And filling the driveway with a car in the garage is dumb because then you have to shuffle vehicles if you need to use the one in the garage.

    Those “traffic calming” measures suck donkey balls. Unneccesary concrete islands and out juttings that prevent people parking, and the city expect the homeowners to mow/shovel those spaces

    Also, why don’t the cyclists use the alley ways? There is little car traffic there.

    • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      what if my garage is full of crap and i can’t park my car

      what if i have more then one car and i can’t park my car

      what if i can’t park my car right in front of an intersection

      cyclists should use the shitty alleyways meant for parking cars because the people that own cars don’t park there

      Why don’t drivers park in the alleyways? There’s little car traffic there.

      Also, the alleyways in Edmonton rarely connect to anything as they are meant for… parking cars.

    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
      81·
      2 days ago

      They have driveways and garages. The street isn’t a fucking parking lot.

      Why don’t you just get the fuck out the way?

      • Hastur@lemmy.ca
        1·
        48 minutes ago

        the side of the street is indeed a parking lot. Drive through most neighbourhoods, thats where most people park their cars, unless you live in a cul-de-sac.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
      71·
      2 days ago

      I guarantee you most garages are not empty, even if not used for vehicles people store stuff in them.

      Their storage problem shouldn’t be everyone’s problem, though.

      When I look, I see garages + driveways, and the driveways are empty. Also, how many cars would each of those homes have? The residents are all apparently elderly and/or disabled, so it would be unbelievable to me that they would have 3 - 5 cars per home.

      Regardless, public roads are NOT the place for them to be parking on a permanent basis.

      And filling the driveway with a car in the garage is dumb because then you have to shuffle vehicles if you need to use the one in the garage.

      Again, this is a self-created problem. The personal inconvenience of one shouldn’t be the inconvenience of all. If front-entry parking is needed, the homeowners should be allowed to convert their lawn into a driveway (via by-law).

      Those “traffic calming” measures suck donkey balls. Unneccesary concrete islands and out juttings that prevent people parking, and the city expect the homeowners to mow/shovel those spaces

      Funny, because this would have come up during the city’s extensive public consultation rounds, and alternatives would have been provided for feedback.

      Also, why don’t the cyclists use the alley ways? There is little car traffic there.

      Those alleys are designed for residents to be able to access their parking area, and not as a road for transportation. While I’m sure you could take a detour through those alleys on a bike, it would be inappropriate to assign them as “bike lanes”. Also, it would create conflict for people who actually want to visit the front of homes, forcing them to use the road anyway. Not ideal for anyone.