I think we're the only 2 Cambridge residents on this app lol. Gotta represent. Cover all bases

Any place that has high enough pedestrian traffic to ban bikes from sidewalks should also have high enough bicycle traffic to provide them with protected lanes.

In summary, Ford's bike lane removals will, according to a new City Hall report:

- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.

Here’s the blunt reality — reasonably-sized electric vehicles need to be the future of cars, but cars can’t be the future of urban mobility.

Fewer cars.
Less driving.
More inviting mobility choices.
Better communities and cities.

These are the 4 pillars of the REAL urban transportation solution.

Over the decade ending in 2019, global SUV ownership doubled. “If it keeps growing at its current rate, increased SUV ownership will offset the entire emissions reduction from electric vehicles.” Plus they’re much more likely than smaller cars to kill pedestrians. www.fastcompany.com/90420280/sho...

I'm wrestling with that right now in KSH. I don't like either of those 2, but there's one I like a lot less, so I'm inclined to vote for the other. I also want to avoid being part of dragging us into a two party system, But I'm also not thrilled with my preferred party rn (federally, at least). Ugh

And 400-series highways have a design speed of 130 km/h, so complaining when people (somewhat) naturally drive the design speed of a roadway is like being mad that a jet flies faster than a crop duster... that's what it's designed for.

Kitchener, ON. Recent zoning reforms (Growing Together) are game-changing for as-of-right development, and is probably one of the most pro-housing policies in Canada (and likely North America).