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Originally Posted by Wormius

Get some more bike lanes and paths up here, instead of fruitlessly arguing against it for everyone else.

I really don't know what he expects his legacy to be as a city councilor: negative guy who didn't get anything done?

Originally Posted by Fuzz

You think Chu is going to get us a bike lane and nice pathways? Have you been paying attention? His goal isn't to get stuff done. It's to stop stuff from getting done

Huzzah!

http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/08/11...e-lane-numbers

While downtown bike lane proponents are pumped about reaching a million riders, a city councilor still wants a brake on extending the network.

As of Thursday, the three dedicated bicycle lanes on 8 Ave., 12 Ave. and 5 St. S.W. had carried 980,000 cycle trips since the project began in June, 2015.

That’s happened faster than its proponents had expected, said Tom Thivener, the city’s bicycle program coordinator.

“The bike numbers are higher...we’ve proven more riders are coming downtown and the satisfaction among riders is very high,” said Thivener.

That number is expected to top 1 million on Wednesday, when a ceremony will be held on the busiest section of the city centre network — 5 St. S.W., which has averaged 1,242 weekday riders over the course of a year, said Thivener.

Still skeptical is Ward. 4 Coun. Sean Chu, who says Thivener’s claim of a 40% increase in downtown ridership is underwhelming, while the count at isolated spots like 5 St. is misleading.

“This is funneling people through one spot and how many people are actually giving up their cars? Not many,” said Chu.

“And they got lucky because of the nice weather last winter, but I’m surprised it hasn’t doubled.”

Allocating millions of dollars on more bike lanes for a limited number of riders has yet to prove its cost-efficiency, said the councilor, while he cited opposition to the dedicated lanes, particularly those that have sprung up outside downtown.

“It’s an ideology of anti-car — the supporters are living in a dream world,” said Chu.