This seems to have brought the snow! 😂

"Crashes happen when there's a mismatch between what a street is designed for and how it's actually being used."

*gestures at one of the many comically wide neighbourhood collector roads of a 1970s-era suburb*

There are so many intersections that would benefit from intersection safety devices.

These situations definitely aren't good in dealing with intrusive thoughts of carrying rocks around

There are also painted bike lanes here, but they are probably the worst ones in the city due to road condition. I refuse to ride in them.

I will say that motorists are less likely to overtake me near these, in playground zones where it flashes my speed as around 30. But in other areas, it may as well serve as a high score board

Every road/parking lot crossing requires cyclists to be hyper attentive and anticipate… for survival. If only motorists would extend even a fraction of the same consideration.

Finally, I wish they’d prioritize improving areas with substandard (painted) bike lanes. In some scenarios, using them is more dangerous than not having them at all.

Also, not really a Q, but I would be interested in visualizations of data collected from speed feedback signs in 40/30kmh zones, and what trends it shows. It’s available online but not presented in the most user-friendly way.

I’d be interested in the possibility of roundabouts being considered as a street lab/towards 40 project. Lots of suburban ngbhds built circa 1980-90 have extremely wide intersections/crossing distances that I feel could be made safer with these.

Gotta love the classic passive "struck by SUV" in the title.

Unfortunately, I did not ride the bike with studs today 🙃

Running Creek Road and 110A St feels like the much safer option going forward, unfortunately. I really don’t like the idea of being so close to traffic lanes and at unprotected corners in the winter months. I pretty much gave up on the construction detours in the last few months.

As someone who frequents this area, I am not surprised. The visibility of the crossings are awful and the crossing distances are very wide. Between 3-6 red light runners at every yellow, too. There are no right on red signs, but are frequently disregarded.

Why don't I like riding on certain MUPs, you say? #yegbike

Lawson’s in the west end is pretty tasty.

I got a similar response from the active transport team when I emailed about a tiny missing link that could make a perpetually problematic connection to bike infrastructure much safer. Disappointing.

At the very least most people slow down before them, but will still speed in between them. Usually for minimal time savings, either. *shrug*