This is why I rant
To everyone that rolls their eyes and sighs every time I start talking about oil tankers, pipelines and omnibus bills such as C-38, I am begging people who normally dont care to start caring. These are not just my issues, they are our issues. This is not just political mumbo-jumbo, this is about us. This is about Canada. If you dont want to pay attention to me ranting about it, then educate yourself about national issues in another way. When your grandchildren ask you what salmon were, you can only blame yourself for not putting your foot down to help save them. Action does not happen overnight when people are sleeping. Action happens when people take initiative to give power back to the people and say NO! The government should not dictate the future we should.
If I had a Soap Box, via email
Real men don't need to
I know that this subject has been raised before but, having just had my eardrums ripped apart by somejerk on a motorcycle with a ridiculously loud exhaust trying to accelerate from 0-150 kphover a 100 metre stretch of busy Bute Street, I have to ask why these inadequate people need to draw attention to themselves in such a juvenile way.Are we supposed to stand back in awe, clasp our hands and say out loud "Wow! He must be a REAL man!"? Not me.
Roger via e-mail
Rules of the road
Dear cyclists: you are to be traveling single file, not two or three abreast. I encourage the city police to watch for this, particularly along Beach Avenue. Dear city planners: Please review the situations created by these crazy bike lanes. They are a navigational hazard for bikes AND car drivers. Our poor weather (rain 70 per cent of the time) making the current administration's dream of a bike city a flop. Even installing pedestrian crosswalks has been ignored as this ridiculous 'bike lane' mess grows, at huge cost. Public transit for all needs to be developed and increased if we are going to get out of our vehicles and pursue green alternatives.
Paul Richards
Back of the bus
To the person with bus issues and people crowding the back door. Well, some people are getting off in the next couple stops and don't want to stuff themselves in the back making it difficult to leave the bus when their stop comes. Also the back door provides some space to stand so you aren't standing with your crotch or ass sticking in someone's face who is sitting down. Next time you are sitting and someone isstanding near you, think about that and stop worrying about the crowded back door.
B Nightingale, via email
Prickly cyclists
Who screwed up and allowed the Cactus Club to have valet parking which crosses one of the busiest bicycle paths in the city? It''s not the valet parking per se that is an issue, although why if we're trying to be a green city do we even permit valet parking at all. The issue I have is the sheer amount of bicycle traffic that goes past there every day for the last 15 years that the path has been there. Now all of a sudden it's a concern to the park board and they might have to re-locate the bicycle path to accommodate the club? There's even talk about the park board putting up signs to stop the cyclists and make them walk their bicycles past the Cactus Club. What lunacy.
Anonymous, via email
Invest in paint
If the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»has enough money to set aside $3 million for future bike lanes, perhaps it could find $10,000 for new stencils on the Seawall. I see an increasing number of collisions between pedestrians and cyclists.
Anonymous, via Rantline
