Thursday, November 19, 2009

my jaunt to nearby Guelph

My car broke down there.
I biked there and around for a coupla days.

Impressions?
1) Kitchener's Victoria becomes Guelph's Woodlawn.
It is equally unfriendly. No sidewalk, no bike lane.
Even the grass is intersected by curbs.
At one point, the dirt path is inches away from a sharp slope.

Edinburgh, heading toward U o' Guelph, has signs forbidding biking on the sidewalk.
The street is OK.

By campus, a few blocks on Gordon have bike lanes.
However, it is not maintained.
There were TWO patches of broken glass.

Back to Woodlawn.
The huge sea of parking for cars at the Cineplex conspicuously lacked bike parking.

There ought to be a bylaw.
100 car spots? One for bikes.

OR we could boycott.
Try to take your bike to the movie.
Of course they won't let you.
That's the point.
Nowhere to lock it up.
Boycott.
Imagine our financial clout if we organized...
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