Comment 72438

By DowntownInHamilton (registered) | Posted December 21, 2011 at 07:23:16

I can't bike in Hamilton. I'd love to, but it's just not feasible. Here's why:

  • I live in downtown Hamilton, but work in Mississauga. I can't bike to Mississauga daily. Further, I can't take the GO unless I want to trade my 40 minute car ride for a 1.5-2 hour bus ride to Square One, then city bus to a stop near my office.
  • I live in downtown Hamilton, but don't have any convenient grocery stores to go to. The No Frills is too far to walk or bike to conveniently, and if I am buying anywhere from $50-100 worth of groceries, I can't really juggle those on the handlebars.
  • There's really nothing 'convenient' for me to bike to. Should I bike up the Jolley Cut or West 5th access? Too steep going up, too fast going down.
  • Anything that I want to go to, such as the HPL, Jackson Square, the Farmer's Market - I will walk to since I'm so close.

For me, biking doesn't really make sense. But like I've said before, if my place of business was within a 30 minute bike ride, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Further to this, I am in agreement with others. The bizarre lanes ending/realigning on a regular basis along King and Main makes it incredibly difficult to navigate. Same with the King St overpass - now that the rightmost lane unexpectedly ends (the dotted line just disappears and there's no signage saying that the lane ends) has made it very dangerous.

Comment edited by DowntownInHamilton on 2011-12-21 08:24:01

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