Comment 104550

By Captain Poultry (anonymous) | Posted September 17, 2014 at 13:52:53

I am a motorist. I even choose to walk long distances rather than ride my bike. But I am fully in support of the cycle track. I want to see more traffic enforcement imposed on motorists who ignore the new rules of the cycle track.

I am a daily commuter on Cannon St (from Sanford to the 403). I regularly witness motorists turning left on the red light at Sanford onto Cannon (almost daily). The green bike boxes at intersections are usually blocked by cars that pull right up to the crosswalk. I have also seen motorcycles using the cycle track, especially to whip around slow moving traffic. And today I witnessed a driver turn left at John into the cycle track. A police/bylaw driven education campaign and/or ticketing blitz might get people used to the new rules.

I also support slower speeds on Cannon. I'm not sure if the "green wave" would actually help to lower those speeds or continue to encourage drivers to go faster and beat the light, as they already do on Main. Getting stopped by a red light or two is par for the course on almost every other street.

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