Actually not true (assuming wheel size under 20 inch). The Highway Traffic Act allows bike on the sidewalk if the wheel size is equal or less than 20 inches. It’s presumably targeted at kids bikes, traditionally 20” is for under ~8 years old but you can’t write the rule that way so they went...
There are 2 stop signs in my neighborhood that are 3-way stops but they’re really just traffic calming. The vast majority of vehicles that I see don’t stop, and some don’t even slow down. The ones that slow down are still going faster than many bikes are at normal speed when the cars ‘roll’ the...
I live in a small town and bike to work most days, year round. They plow the roads, I biked to work in Winnipeg too and they don’t really plow the roads. Admittedly it helps that I live less than 10 km from work. In several Nordic countries with similar climate this is normal, they’ve developed...
The ironic part is that when you get into the more expensive department store bikes (~$400) you can actually get a much nicer bike for the same price at a bike store! And the bike store will size it for you, make free adjustments for the first year, and if you break something the parts are...
This is a widely known phenomenon. Texas same problem they’re up to 12 lanes and it doesn’t change anything.
Wikipedia article on induced demand
Bike lanes reduce traffic study
Adding a bike lane reduced traffic
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