Bell: Stop! Calgary councillor demands a pause on more city bike lanes
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And the number of questions keep growing.
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Premier Danielle Smith's UCP has a summer survey out now.
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One of the questions. Read it carefully.
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McLean says the city should stop the construction of separated new bike lanes, for now.
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This can't be a city hall inside job, he says. A lot of Calgarians don't trust city hall, for good reason. City hall has its agenda and they will jam it down our throats.
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But why would anyone in their right mind be against a fresh set of eyes looking at the bike lane experiment 10 years after the first lanes got the green light for a tryout?
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That was a green light after an 8-7 vote in favour, with Andre Chabot the councillor giving an an unexpected Yes to get the scheme over the finish line.
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Who would not agree with a deep dive into the bike lane arithmetic when eyes can see most times on most days the bike lanes are not packed with cyclists as promised?
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What's so radical about being accountable?
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'They don't want a shine a line on it,' says McLean, of the bike lane cheerleaders.
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'They can't handle the truth.'
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McLean says if he brought forward the idea of a look-see into bike lanes in the dying days of this unpopular council it would fail miserably.
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After all, McLean figures if there was more coin for potholes and fewer dollars for bike lanes 'the public would be overjoyed.'
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