Before I even get too far into reading this:
-I love that the city is actually taking a serious look at this. I think it will go a long way to help Calgary become a more forward thinking city. You go to places around Europe (Denmark for example) and everyone rides their bike.
-In the short term, I would love to see more bike lanes throughout downtown, and the belt line (2nd street SW is a good example). Over the long term, it would be great to see roadways dedicated solely to bicycle traffic throughout the core, that would connect to the feeder bike paths along the river ways. Through downtown, it would be great to see bike paths with some sort of divider between bike traffic and regular traffic.
-I bike from just outside the belt line, to the core Monday-Friday, and I find that most motorists have next to no idea how to treat cyclists...I think mandatory education on how to deal with bicycle traffic, before attaining a license would be great. Going the other way...I find a lot of cyclist commuters don't really know how they should act on the road either. Maybe there should be some kind of licence needed to be allowed to ride in the core?
The city should study cities like Copenhagen, or Utrecht (see video below).
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