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Edmonton Journal
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Edmonton Journal
Bell: Danielle Smith government takes on Calgary's mayor over bike lanes
Article content This is Grade A baloney. Article content Bike lanes were pushed because we were told the city needed bike lanes, the more, the merrier, because it would make Calgary more world-class. It would be cool. A few people mentioned we could be more like hipster Portland. Article content Some advocates saw Calgary becoming the Amsterdam or Copenhagen of North America. Article content Put in bike lanes and lots of them and those bike lanes would be jam-packed with cyclists. Article content Build them, they will come. Article content Cyclists here, cyclists there, cyclists everywhere. Article content When the city 'consulted' Calgarians on bike lanes, it was like when you were a kid and your parents 'consulted' with you before shoving that ugly-tasting cough syrup down your throat. Article content Stop whining, bike lanes are good for you. Article content Originally, there were a few bike lanes put in on a try-it-out basis. The idea barely made its way through council. There was pushback. Article content Article content But Calgarians paying attention knew how this movie was going to end. Article content There was absolutely no way city hall would decide anything but bike lanes were a roaring success. The paper-shufflers and activists and think-alike politicians could fill in the score before the game was played. Article content The lanes became permanent. More lanes went in. More lanes are planned. All of them are seen as roaring successes. Article content Dan McLean is one councillor who is already slimed on social media so the rage of cyclists will be water off a duck's back to him. Article content McLean wants to take a deep dive into the locations of bike lanes, the use of bike lanes. He wants to see the numbers.
Calgary Herald
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Calgary Herald
Bell: Danielle Smith government takes on Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek over bike lanes
Article content This is Grade A baloney. Article content Bike lanes were pushed because we were told the city needed bike lanes, the more, the merrier, because it would make Calgary more world-class. It would be cool. A few people mentioned we could be more like hipster Portland. Article content Some advocates saw Calgary becoming the Amsterdam or Copenhagen of North America. Article content Put in bike lanes and lots of them and those bike lanes would be jam-packed with cyclists. Article content Build them, they will come. Article content Cyclists here, cyclists there, cyclists everywhere. Article content When the city 'consulted' Calgarians on bike lanes, it was like when you were a kid and your parents 'consulted' with you before shoving that ugly-tasting cough syrup down your throat. Article content Stop whining, bike lanes are good for you. Article content Originally, there were a few bike lanes put in on a try-it-out basis. The idea barely made its way through council. There was pushback. Article content Article content But Calgarians paying attention knew how this movie was going to end. Article content There was absolutely no way city hall would decide anything but bike lanes were a roaring success. The paper-shufflers and activists and think-alike politicians could fill in the score before the game was played. Article content The lanes became permanent. More lanes went in. More lanes are planned. All of them are seen as roaring successes. Article content According to one report, the dough for new bike lanes will come out of $56 million green-lighted by the worst city council in Calgary history. Article content Of course, it should come as no surprise city hall bigshots are not overly interested in having someone audit which bike lanes work and which don't, which planned bike lanes are needed and which aren't. Article content Dan McLean is one councillor who is already slimed on social media so the rage of cyclists will be water off a duck's back to him. Article content McLean wants to take a deep dive into the locations of bike lanes, the use of bike lanes. He wants to see the numbers.
