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Old Posted Aug 26, 2017, 5:34 PM
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The issue with ticketing cyclists right now is the city doesn't seem to know it's own rules. They just put up "Yield to pedestrian" signs arbitrarily. On St. Mary's south of QEB, they go all the way to Tache, yet it's just a regular sized narrow sidewalk. And it's the same size on both sides, but only signs on one.

At no point does it denote a mixed AT path, and at no point does it tell cyclists to join traffic, but the yield signs end. Then there's the Bike Route signs everywhere that mean nothing. Then you go to the Osborne bridge where there room on the bridge for bike lanes, but they're not marked because there's none on either side of Osborne (even though there's plenty of room to the north) but the sidewalks are double-wide on the bridge and they've put up "No Cylcling on Sidewalks" signs. There's no consistency or reason.

I'm just not sure how any literate person is supposed to be able to figure out whatsidewalks are OK to ride on and what aren't. So how can you ticket someone for something that's so unclear. Red light runner? Sure - go at em. But some cities allow cyclists STOP and cross at reds.
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