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Pantalone parks in bike lane, Smitherman camp snaps photo
In the latest in playground politics, a volunteer from the Smitherman camp tattled when he spotted Pantalone's Smart car parked in a bike lane over the weekend.
Smitherman allegedly waved the evidence-wielding iPhone around slurring inaudibles and the occasional "bike lane;" "hypocrite;" "gahhh!"
Pantalone's spokesman Mike Smith said the car was pulled over for "13 seconds" to pick up Pantalone, adding the incident shows the Smitherman campaign "has nothing better to do than take surreptitious photos of peoples' parking habits."
Smith then apparently yanked a poor sapling out of the ground.
Tune in next week for wet willies.
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The simple fact about parking in bike lanes is this: you wouldn't think about stopping in the middle of the road while you run in to get a coffee, drop off dry cleaning or pick up a mayoral candidate, so why do you think it is ok to stop in the middle of a cyclist's road to do so? I swear sometimes I think cyclists should start parking their bikes in the middle of the road to give motorists a sense of what it feels like.
The simple fact about bike lanes is that they are always a no parking/stopping zone. You wouldn't dare think about parking your car in the middle of the street while you ran in to grab a coffee, drop off dry cleaning or pick up a mayoral candidate, so why do you think it's ok to park in the middle of the cyclists' lane? I swear sometimes I think cyclists need to start parking their bikes in the middle of the road to properly convey to motorists how it feels.
And for the record Mayoral Candidate =/= Volunteer for Mayoral Candidate.
Toronto has very few bike lanes. Most other urban centres have many real bike lanes.
Once Toronto gets around to finishing the bike lanes (i.e., more than just paint), you won't have parking issues any longer.
Here's a bike lane in Montréal. This is what they look like (self link):
http://flic.kr/p/83cxTL
Oh, wait... that's me.
*I'M* me.
Ugh, this is so confusing.
Carry on!
Tell that to all the shops along Jarvis St that are now faced with violating this new 11th Commandment just to get deliveries to their door.....
We have a lop-sided democracy in this city - and regardless of what candidate wins the next election, they had better realize that.
Why on earth would a delivery truck need to park on the street if the building has a rear lane or parking lot, as many of the buildings on Jarvis do?
If a driver stopped in the right hand lane without pulling over, turned off the engine and got out to do some shopping, how pissed off would you be Gadfly? How about if a fleet of delivery vehicles, including Canada post trucks, did the same thing all day, every day on your route to and from work.
Cyclists ARE entitled to their bicycle lanes. We're also entitled to use a whole car lane in the absence of a bike lane. It's legislated. It was actually legislated by a democratic government.
Here's how far I'll go: If you don't like bike lanes then YOU'RE AGAINST DEMOCRACY!
Please visit my website for more information.
No businesses on Jarvis will lose customers because of bike lanes.
And to keep this comment relevant: Joe and his people should have known better.