03-17-2010, 06:35 PM
In Toronto, they have deliberately set the lights so that they are timed to slow down traffic making it difficult for drivers to make any headway. The City has admitted to this, I'll look for the offending article later and post it. It was done in order to making driving an inefficient way to get around town. With the premise of "forcing" drivers out of their cars and taking alternative, means of transportation, transit, bike, walk... The Chair of the TTC has publicly announced the pecking order in the city, Pedestrians, bikes, transit, lastly cars.
As a cyclist, I find this kind of underhanded move by out politicians abhorrent. I also drive too, and I remember a time when you could motor along a road like University Ave and hit green lights all the way. Now the lights turn red upon approaching them.
Are you sure they have not done the same thing in your city?
As a cyclist, I find this kind of underhanded move by out politicians abhorrent. I also drive too, and I remember a time when you could motor along a road like University Ave and hit green lights all the way. Now the lights turn red upon approaching them.
Are you sure they have not done the same thing in your city?