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What about the issue that there is no remotely feasible or responsible way to create bike lanes throughout the city? And furthermore, the cost and disruption to motor vehicle traffic if bike lanes were prevalent would be utterly absurd.

With that reality in mind, how much difference does it actually make to create bike lanes on this one residential street? If you are truly a dedicated cyclist, then the bike lane on Glenmore should represent a tiny fraction of the public roadways you travel. And unless the city goes totally nuts, you will never be able to count on bike lanes for the majority of your travel.

This issue is like all of the other political correctness battles that dominate headlines. Cyclists want to be considered a special class of citizen/victims and the Glenmore bike lane has become a government sanctioned symbol of their "special" status.

I love riding motorcycles, but I rarely do it in BR anymore because the dangers involved take the fun out of it. And that's a fact of life that no government program, policy or special dispensation of public assets will ever change.

Ride your bicycle if you want to. Face the realities of the risks involved and the realities of the minor importance of your selected mode of travel in the big picture.

We have to start somewhere. Removing existing lanes is moving in the wrong direction. With the planned Government Street changes we're moving closer to a bike/pedestrian friendly area...so it isn't that unfeasible. Painful and requiring compromise? Yes.

I don't want to be considered a special class. I'd just prefer to not be killed by cars and have options on means of transportation. I live in the area now because I can walk or bike to many places. And as they build more paths and bike lanes I can get further and further.

I don't ride my bike to lots of places for the same reason you don't ride your motorcycle. But I'd like to!