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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
20 per cent of the score is made up of user survey results. Maybe other Calgary cyclists have enough perspective to realize that for all its faults, we have a great system.
The bike system’s not perfect. Of course it has has issues. Every bike system in the world does. Just as every road system in the world does. Nobody is going around remarking how the transportation infrastructure in their community is superb and beyond improvement.
But for Calgary’s pathway system to be “embarrassing”, Calgarians would need to be genuinely embarrassed when people come here from other cities and use it. And that’s simply not true. I used to run bike tours out of the Calgary Youth Hostel, and travellers were impressed at how extensive and practical the pathways are. They were astonished that they could get on a bike at the hostel, 10 minutes later be riding through parks along the Elbow, 15 minutes after that on the Glenmore Dam, and 20 minutes after that in Weasel Head - all while spending 90+ per cent of the route on dedicated paths. You simply can’t do that in almost any other city in North America.
I get it - you hate the city’s spending priorities and wish more money were spent on cycling infrastructure. But you’d feel the same way if you lived in Vancouver, or Denver, or Phoenix, or Winnipeg, Toronto, Chicago, Indianapolis, etc. etc. etc. I guess they’re all embarrassing too.
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Why is it so bad to want them to do better? And I was talking about pathway improvements for all users, not just cyclists.
Like, you can't seriously tell me this is fine:
https://goo.gl/maps/xaEkGqC67hcLqBai8
Done by someone who considered the needs of all users then says, ya, #### it, toss that light post right there, on an extremely busy section of important pathway.
Even someone putting the bare minimum of brain power into this would have put the light post on the left of the road or found some other solution that isn't this. No, no, you're right, we shouldn't expect better. This is just perfect.
