diff --git a/SnowSite/Snow/_posts/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes.md b/SnowSite/Snow/_posts/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes.md index eaf2862..19b2189 100644 --- a/SnowSite/Snow/_posts/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes.md +++ b/SnowSite/Snow/_posts/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ title: Barton Bike Lanes Letter --- So the other day I sent in an e-mail to the cycling office at the City of -Hamilton (as well as the relevant councillors) to request a cycling accomodation +Hamilton (as well as the relevant councilors) to request a cycling accommodation in my area. I figured I may as well include the text of the letter here as well. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ centre near Victoria looks important. I think that's the one egg that would have to get broken for this omelette, or else an impractically-short left-turning-lane at Victoria could be implemented. -## Streetview of that parking spot: +## Street-view of that parking spot: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.261108,-79.8538117,3a,75y,173.12h,71.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFmFDOm3ipQTiJLkpQzPfjQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ weird and tricky. # Alternate Approach that does not eliminate parking at the Pharmacy + Ortho -By moving the centreline further North at Victoria, the parking can be +By moving the centre-line further North at Victoria, the parking can be preserved! ![Barton between Wellington and Victoria with Bike Lanes (alternate layout)](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general-bikelanes-2.jpg) @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ So here we can have our cake and eat it too. - The westbound bus stop now blocks westbound traffic (and there's enough left-turning traffic on Barton that squeezing past the bus into oncoming - traffic isn't really an option. + traffic isn't really an option). - The travel lanes no longer fully align on the far side of the intersection. @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ cyclists are supposed to be here and allowed. I hope you'll agree, these seem like pretty quick wins - at the cost of 1 or 2 parking spots and some paint, a nice little cycling connection to the hospital's -front entrance and sobi rack and adjacent bike-track could be added to Barton. +front entrance and SoBi rack and adjacent bike-track could be added to Barton. No loss of automotive travel lanes at all. Thanks for your time.