![]() By mid-June the City’s PR team announced “the number of cyclists using the new bike lanes is very encouraging” with “nearly 40,000 bicycle trips” made along the corridor in its first month of operation. The first component of the strategy-a $3.5-million, 1.2-kilometre-long corridor on Pandora between Cook and Store-became operational in May. IS THE CITY OF VICTORIA’S STRATEGY to create protected bike lanes in the Downtown core a well-thought-out strategy to make bicycling safer, relieve vehicle congestion and move Victoria in the direction of a low-carbon future? Or is it another case-like the Johnson Street Bridge Replacement Project-of the City unintentionally displaying its proven tendency toward decision-based evidence-making? Local government’s response to reducing transportation emissions may be wishful thinking. ![]()
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