Re: 鈥淥ur new bike network鈥檚 heavy toll: making so many people unhappy,鈥� June 9.
The comment on the folly of Victoria鈥檚 ill-conceived bike lanes would be a hit monologue for a stand-up comic, if it were not for the sad fact that everything he writes is true.
It guides us through local witless political gambitry, thoughtless social acculturation, and the thankless navigational frustration known in most parts as 鈥淏iketoria.鈥�
That said however, there鈥檚 one Biketoria fact missing: Bicycles don鈥檛 have to use the multi-million dollar bike lanes if they choose to use the road instead. Buses are forced to compete for precious laneway space, all the while suffering behind cyclists inching along the bus lane.
These bike lanes are a clear illustration of 鈥渇ail to plan, then plan to fail鈥� management disguised as 鈥渋t鈥檚 good medicine whether they realize it or not鈥� leadership.
Dennis Oliphant
Victoria
