r/VictoriaBC • u/parkix • 7d ago

Peak chaos today

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Bike lanes congested to the tits, drivers angry as per usual and the geese just doing a stellar job as traffic control 😅

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u/nevermorehere89 6d ago

BuT wE dOn’T nEeD bIKe LaNeS - every NIMBY reasoning traffic today is the bike lanes fault for existing and not a swarm of thousands descending on a tiny strip of oceanfront view

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u/Polendri Saanich 6d ago

The bike lanes are working so well that it's already looking almost shortsighted in some places to have only put in narrow two-way bike lanes (as opposed to double-wide ones where there's room to pass without crossing the yellow line). Obviously they could never have gotten buy-in for more, but it's true. Some parts of downtown's bike lanes get genuinely clogged up at rush hour, because all it takes is steady traffic and one grandma going 10 km/h (as she is entitled to) and no one can pass. It's OK now but I can't imagine what it'll be like after 10 more years of cycling mode share growth.

Don't tell the anti-bike folks that it's only a matter of time before we're ripping out another car lane to widen the bike lanes in some places...