A group of Edmonton residents asked Alberta's government to stop bike lanes and traffic calming measures supported by the Edmonton city council. (www.ctvnews.ca)

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“I see no need for it” said a local man named Tom Ogonoski.

“The only people riding bikes around here are the ones stealing your stuff in the middle of the night” he added.

“We want the Alberta government to interfere and protect us” said resident Kimberlee Dawn.

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Good point. The province should tax oil and gas companies to fund the construction of good public transit.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Heated bus stations, for starters.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

"but then it'l fill with the riff-raff and other undesirables"

-some self entitled asshole probably

[-] altasshet@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

That's already an argument against using the lrt in winter. Not saying it's not a problem - smoking meth in the entrance of lrt stations is not cool. But using that as an excuse to not provide services for everyone is peak conservatism. So yeah, they would totally use that.