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Originally Posted by rrskylar
The reality is that only a small minuscule percentage of the population will ever use these bike lanes, the money spent on cyclists is disproportionate to the number of actual bike riders. More smoke and mirrors and the city kowtowing needlessly to a small but very vocal bike advocacy group!
Most cyclists want bicycle pathways not dedicated bicycle lanes on roadways!
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Total rubbish.
City of Winnipeg spends less than 1% of its annual infrastructure budget on cycling infrastructure and 2% of commuters are cyclists. Factor in what the province and Feds spend on new roads (almost nothing for bikes) and proportions have a far greater disparity.
This of course is only commuters and discounts recreational cyclists which account for a much larger percentage. 15% of winnipeggers ride a bike once a week. It's likely that when all ages are considered more people in Winnipeg own bikes than cars.
It is a ridiculous argument to tie percent of tax dollars spent to user levels. Cyclists deserve to be safe as much as a driver does. Their lives are no less valuable than yours in your car.
Also rubbish about most cyclists wanting recreational paths and not protected bike lanes to allow bike use to be an effective mode of transportation. But not worth debating. As is though, most cycling infrastructure spending currently does go to off street projects. Paint and pylons are cheap.