Ongoing Calgarians complaining about pedestrian bridges thread

[BlackArcher101]

Just electrify the wires.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Get out of here with your facts.

The whole idea of throwing keys into the river also upsets me.
But then again, I think we should be encouraged to shoot litterers.

[Bigtime]

So these love locks appear to be a coordinated thing, and they claim they have approval from the city for it.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1731722897801240646

[Locke]

Originally Posted by getbak

Bolt cutters all day, every day. Nip it in the bud right away and don't let it become a thing.

I think we need to get one of those comically tall beach 'lifesaver' chairs and just have an angry homeless man sitting in it with a pair of bolt cutters 24/7.

You'd better be really in love if you want to risk the wrath of 'Boltcutter Billy!'

You get him anytime outside of a meth-induced passivity...God help your soul.

You can even make the chair red if you want.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

So these love locks appear to be a coordinated thing, and they claim they have approval from the city for it.

If they did, they're really bad at communicating that.

"We gave ful permission by the City" - what?

"More info in our Bio" - there is no info in the bio but a link. The link has no info on approvals. Seems super sketchy.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I don’t see any harm in locks being on the railings. Make it a whole thing.

From my experience, the easiest and most cost-effective way to reduce bridge related complaints is to ban cyclists from using the bridge.

Love locks are stupid, wasteful, and they make bridges look like crap.
Cut those things off as soon as they show up!

Also, I find the most effective way to reduce complaints about cyclists is for pedestrians to keep their head on swivel, and to stay the hell out of bike lanes.

[Bigtime]

I think the line about keeping complaints down by taking cyclists off the bridge was a light-hearted jab at us cyclists always complaining about the bridge for many different reasons.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Locke

I think we need to get one of those comically tall beach 'lifesaver' chairs and just have an angry homeless man sitting in it with a pair of bolt cutters 24/7.

You'd better be really in love if you want to risk the wrath of 'Boltcutter Billy!'

You get him anytime outside of a meth-induced passivity...God help your soul.

You can even make the chair red if you want.

A red chair is good but it will need a night time beacon as well. Which may induce seizures, which could be fun.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Titan2

A red chair is good but it will need a night time beacon as well. Which may induce seizures, which could be fun.

Sure, I can see that.

But realistically an irritated, underpaid, under-fed, meth-induced Hobo with boltcutters who will chase you down should be disincentive enough for anyone.

Maybe he'll even be the one having seizures as he chases people. Which could be interesting.

We'd need to have a live-feed webcam of course. Charge a small subscription fee and the whole enterprise pays for itself!

Sorted.

Why am I not on City Council??

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Love locks are stupid, wasteful, and they make bridges look like crap.
Cut those things off as soon as they show up!

Also, I find the most effective way to reduce complaints about cyclists is for pedestrians to keep their head on swivel, and to stay the hell out of bike lanes.

Don’t make us take away your bike lanes.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Don’t make us take away your bike lanes.

I dont want to take them away. I want to add speed-bumps and obstacles.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

First they'll send the 311 team to take a look. Next, they'll commission a study and pay a high priced consulting firm to investigate. This process will be phase 1, extending to November 2025. Then more things will happen and many will Calgarians will complain about the pedestrian bridge.

You've missed the most critical, and first step.

Construction barricades back up!

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Locke

I dont want to take them away. I want to add speed-bumps and obstacles.

There are already plenty of those, they're called oblivious pedestrians.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

If they did, they're really bad at communicating that.

"We gave ful permission by the City" - what?

"More info in our Bio" - there is no info in the bio but a link. The link has no info on approvals. Seems super sketchy.

There is no way the city permitted a company (probably unlicensed ) to attach things to their property. Looking at their instagram, it appears they sell these things inside Eau Claire or some distance away from the bridge to "help" people put their love locks wherever they want. So by keeping an arms length away from the actual attachment, I bet they are in the clear. Only a permit required to set up a vendor booth, which is probably (or not) what they got. That or they are classifying this as an art project and somehow got it through the city.

And they blocked comments on their instagram. Whole thing just looks like a quick money grab. Shame Global put it on the air.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

There is no way the city permitted a company (probably unlicensed ) to attach things to their property. Looking at their instagram, it appears they sell these things inside Eau Claire or some distance away from the bridge to "help" people put their love locks wherever they want. So by keeping an arms length away from the actual attachment, I bet they are in the clear. Only a permit required to set up a vendor booth, which is probably (or not) what they got. That or they are classifying this as an art project and somehow got it through the city.

And they blocked comments on their instagram. Whole thing just looks like a quick money grab. Shame Global put it on the air.

Yeah, there is a lot of blue sky between "We have full permission to sell these" and "You have permission to attach them to a bridge".

[topfiverecords]

I'll be at the bridge from 1-4pm every day with a bunch of bolt cutters. Come by and say hi and you too can take part in the exciting experience of restoring public infrastructure for just $5.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Locke

I'm betting they were not anticipating that.

Better than a gum wall.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

That seems...dubious. The bridge is lower than the surrounding trees. Calatrava's Venice bridge isn't white(though it's not painted). Gonna need citations.

They planted green trees instead of the planned white ones.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Better than a gum wall.

Won’t be long. Globalization at work.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Locke

I still think they should detach it and float it out to sea.

And I like it too.

Last year the company I work for was asked by the Artificial Reef Society of B.C. to submit some ideas. I couldn't quite figure out how to sell mine which would be a Phallic object with a structure like the Peace Bridge supported by a pair of ball like stands. But try to convince the corporate sponsor and many others that it was some inclusive object that was promoting diversity and equality. My hope was that at the unveiling, someone would call it out for what it really was, a giant underwater twig and berries.

Floating it out to sea and re-using something discarded does give me something to make this absurd dream become reality.