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LotusBlossom wrote:Hmm the empty bike lanes, in a city that rains 3/4 of the year...
I'm all for finding better alternative forms of transit to help the environment, but when they aren't being used, and are causing congestion of cars idling in the core, where is the benefit? Get rid of them and give them a strip of street like they do in Toronto. Most that use the bike lanes are couriers anyway and for the most part have done fine without them in the past.
Some of the cyclists in this city are total pricks. I was riding on 10th and Main today, approaching a stop sign. The car in front of me is already stopped, and the girl in the passenger seat opens her door to push the button. She's at least 50 feet away from the nearest cyclist. This douchebag moustached hipster cyclist pulls up next to the car, and BLASTS the airhorn he for some reason has mounted to his bike. He then proceeds to lecture the people in the car about how dangerous it is to open your door with cyclists around, and that it's actually against the law and he could report them blah blah blah. Naturally they tell him to go fuck himself , and all I can do is facepalm and mouth "I'm not with him".
I take the Dunsmuir bike lane often and it's great.. but it really does fuck up traffic (and today, with light rain, there was NO one on it but me). I have a feeling Vision is going to get trounced and the lanes will be gone. This is my first year biking to work, and so far so good. I usually take Powell/Cordova in/out, and it's great. Better than $250/mo parking. We'll see how much I like it when the snow/rain/cold hits (I will venture a guess-- not very!)
LotusBlossom wrote:Hmm the empty bike lanes, in a city that rains 3/4 of the year...
I'm all for finding better alternative forms of transit to help the environment, but when they aren't being used, and are causing congestion of cars idling in the core, where is the benefit? Get rid of them and give them a strip of street like they do in Toronto. Most that use the bike lanes are couriers anyway and for the most part have done fine without them in the past.
Some of the cyclists in this city are total pricks. I was riding on 10th and Main today, approaching a stop sign. The car in front of me is already stopped, and the girl in the passenger seat opens her door to push the button. She's at least 50 feet away from the nearest cyclist. This douchebag moustached hipster cyclist pulls up next to the car, and BLASTS the airhorn he for some reason has mounted to his bike. He then proceeds to lecture the people in the car about how dangerous it is to open your door with cyclists around, and that it's actually against the law and he could report them blah blah blah. Naturally they tell him to go fuck himself , and all I can do is facepalm and mouth "I'm not with him".
I take the Dunsmuir bike lane often and it's great.. but it really does fuck up traffic (and today, with light rain, there was NO one on it but me). I have a feeling Vision is going to get trounced and the lanes will be gone. This is my first year biking to work, and so far so good. I usually take Powell/Cordova in/out, and it's great. Better than $250/mo parking. We'll see how much I like it when the snow/rain/cold hits (I will venture a guess-- not very!)
Unless I have to bring anything back with me from downtown, I usually would just take the Skytrain. It's definitely a perk living pretty damn close to the line and the de-stressing factor of not driving in and having to deal with things like construction and other outside elements of a nice drive. DT is small enough you can either walk to your destination or hop a bus/taxi etc to get there. Parking has gotten ridiculous downtown. I remember I used to pay $45/month for a spot about eight years back and now it's $175+. It does make sense for some to try for at least a few months of the year, to find alternative ways to commuting to work.
parfois, je veux juste laisser tinber un coude volant sur le monde
Just like big banks....that coldly let the free market take its course regardless of how many houses get repossessed & businesses go belly up....yet as soon as they're in trouble they start pulling out the socialism cards, begging & pleading for free bailout money...politicians like Robertson are the first ones to toot their own horns & sprint into action for photo-ops....then as soon as things go wrong they can't remember anything, dodge answering questions & throw the hot potato on someone else's lap.
This seems to be the new model; deny, deny, deny....then when you're a cornered rat shift into 'beg for forgiveness/I'm so sorry" mode. Very poor example to set. No wonder we have cops selling dope at the Olympics and kids lighting cop cars on fire. It starts at the top and sorry Jim Chu, your 'we don't release stats about numbers' excuse doesn't wash. Deny, deny, defer, deflect.
The camp is in violation of civic bylaws, health code regulations and fire regulations. One camper has died, one has been medivac'd and another treated by emergency services.
The fact that the camp wa allowed to continue after the death of a camper is absurd. At that point, the place should have been shut down, not to satisfy the larger population but as a safety measure for the site itself.
Compare this with an industrial camp that needs to comply with forestry, mining health and WorkSafe BC regulations or is immediately shut down.
By allowing the camp to continue, Robertson is showing a complete disregard for all citizens, campers and house dwellers alike, and the death of a camper has still not moved him to action.
This lack of decisive action is exactly what the decision making process of the Occupy Movement supports.
People are being injured and one is dead, but at least everyone is getting their say at the evening meetings.
Over the Internet, you can pretend to be anyone or anything.
I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.