Why did my city remove a protected bike lane just five months after it was installed?
Channel: bike bike nudge nudge
Date: 2023-02-12

In this video, I tell the story of the Victoria Promenade bike lane. My city installed protected bike lanes beside Victoria Promenade but then removed the westbound protected lane just five months later. Removing protected bike lanes makes people on bikes less safe and promotes more driving. The City has multiple policies in which is claims it encourages active transportation. These policies are the City’s master plan, transportation plan, adoption of Vision Zero, and declaration of a climate emergency. Removing the bike lane goes against what the City claims it is doing in all of these policies.

Journal photograph: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/victoria-promenade-bike-lane-removed-after-public-pushback-in-edmonton
CTV photograph: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/temporary-shared-use-paths-return-to-edmonton-streets-1.5875253

City links:
https://engaged.edmonton.ca/victoria-promenade/
https://www.edmonton.ca/public-files/assets/document?path=Safe-Mobility-Strategy_2021-2025.pdf
https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/environmental_stewardship/transportation-choices

Map: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~251921~5517807:Edmonton

Air photos: https://cityarchives.edmonton.ca

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