Thread by @HeartAGlow

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria Hi @JamesRobertsCBC .How lovely for you. Don't understand ur point bout it better4 drivers if cyclists stay in designated path. If U ride it 5times/wk you've surely noticed there is no cycle path on VS. It's 100% cycles. Drivers (residents)on VS R detoured onto side streets. 1/

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria 2/ You're right. If the goal is to make every street in the city - a bicycle only route - there is no need for a survey.
So why dilly dally ... Let's just ban all cars on every street.
Vancouver St is a shining example of how to do so.

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria 3/ "oh that's silly Maggie" is the usual reply I get to this comment... but I'm serious. If we're not intending to ban all cars on every street - who gets to decide which streets are expendable to vehicle traffic? And what criteria to make those decisions?

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria 4/ You cycle on VS 5 times/wk. I live here 24/7/365. I don't have the option(wish I did)of cycling.The street I live on/used to love-once shared by all users safely-is now impassable to me. I feel like a prisoner in my home. Every place I try to go is barricaded

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria 5/I don't mind the inconvenience/extra time to detour to/from every single place I need to get to - I really don't. I do mind the danger to myself/my neighbours by the added time it will take for emergency vehicles to get to us if we need them.

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria 6/ I do mind that service and delivery vehicles can't access locations. (this is not hypothetical - it's already happened "sorry - couldn't do your yard work- couldn't get to your property")

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria 7. I do mind the added risk to residents (neighbours) on all the side streets, which cars are now forced to use. Most of which are single lane/2 direction/kids/cars/cycle path/vehicle shared - when VS easily accommodated all those before these "improvements"

@JamesRobertsCBC @RethinkRichard2 @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria 8/ And I do mind the sheer waste of money and the sheer UGLINESS of thousands of signs/bollards/concrete/road paintings on what used to be a beautiful street.

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@RethinkRichard2 @JamesRobertsCBC @lrbincanada @CityOfVictoria TY4RT. As a resident on Vancouver St, my heart goes out to my fellow citizens on Richardson. I know exactly what is in future for you and I weep. If you want to see your near future, read the rest of my thread or check out VS to see what's in store. Not just ugly/but dangerous