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Originally Posted by troutman

I read the other day that Portland (and Vancouver) are going to greatly reduce cycling budgets, as there has been no increase in cyclists commuting, despite huge expenditures.

Looking for that story . . . here is an older report:

http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/...cycle_tra.html

I think ridership plateaued at 6% (still 10X the national average):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling...rtland,_Oregon

I have an issue with using Vancouver and Portland as evidence. The major difference between both those cities and Calgary.. rain.

Ever tried riding in the rain? It's terrible. I refuse to ride in the rain. But -25? Sure, no problem, I'm cold for a bit, but warm up as I ride.

We have a problem in this city with the mentality of drivers, as evidenced by the vitriol towards cyclists, and the reckless abandon by which they KEEP HITTING PEDESTRIANS so far this year.

As far as cycling infrastructure, there are main routes into downtown, so the volume of traffic is pretty low unless your on those routes (bow river, elbow, nose creek, etc) but once you get to downtown there is zero support aside from the bow river path in Eau Claire and the 7th street bicycle track. You need to be able to get around/through downtown. Personally, I'd like to see tracks on the edges and a split down the middle both N-S and E-W (8th Ave/5th ST type of thing).