Letter: Bikes lanes confusing and dangerous

To the Editor,
 
I completely agreed with Andy Wolff’s comments on bike lanes in your editorial section last week. 

I moved back home several years ago after living in Edmonton for almost 30 years, where most of my travel was on foot, bicycle and bus. They have designated bike routes along residential streets parallel to major arteries, as Mr. Wolff suggested. 

These are marked by street signs only and they work well. I have biked in other places and have never seen the likes of what the City of Thunder Bay has done. 

I’m afraid to go out on my bike because it is not a bike friendly city in any respect. I have a car now and find the new bike paths confusing and dangerous for bikes and other vehicles. 

Victoria Avenue and Arthur and Syndicate are accidents waiting to happen. It’s time city council does its homework on proposed municipal developments, particularly those involving life and safety; and yes, it appears that a backwater administration is running the show. 

This is yet another example of poor urban planning in Thunder Bay.  Heads should roll and not those on the street.
 
Monika McNabb,
Thunder Bay