I see these old lame assholes ride their bikes to the skytrain then they transport their bike on the train to downtown and ride a few blocks to work. This is something i see everyday cause i asked some of them where they live. No wonder the fucking bike lanes downtown are empty. The most annoying thing isnt that they are lazy idiots but they do this during rush hour. They love to put on a show to their coworkers or employees that they are healthy and care about the enviroment. But really they dont really give a shit & are lazy sobs.
My comment about bike lanes and skytrain
- Thread starter LittleAsianGuy
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One beef I have with cyclists is that when I'm walking around on foot and crossing the street with other fellow pedestrians, cyclists come hurtling towards us without any apparent intention to stop. It's almost like a "Hey I'm not a car so I can keep going and if I run into you it's your fault, not mine!" sort of attitude.
that youtube is one of the funniest I have seen of that particular Nazi drama. Still LOL'ing.
As for the OP LAG I agree. I think its a crock. I see these guys on the Seabus, hopping on the Skytrain and then riding afterwards. WOT. And what about the Friday's where they act up in intersections all over the downtown? Why is it the Police do not enforce the violations in traffic???
I wouldn't be so jaded if the cyclists at least paid some sort of tax to use the roads now that they have dedicated lanes.
Final Note. If you do not like this bike lane mentality and live in Vancouver; get out and VOTE in November.
As for the OP LAG I agree. I think its a crock. I see these guys on the Seabus, hopping on the Skytrain and then riding afterwards. WOT. And what about the Friday's where they act up in intersections all over the downtown? Why is it the Police do not enforce the violations in traffic???
I wouldn't be so jaded if the cyclists at least paid some sort of tax to use the roads now that they have dedicated lanes.
Final Note. If you do not like this bike lane mentality and live in Vancouver; get out and VOTE in November.
Most of these people are hypocrites.
We had a guy at work that would rollerblade to work.
Told us all how great he felt, 25 minutes each way.
He even got to start late, so he could shower downstairs, with pay.
Basically an extra 20-30 minute break.
Turns out he was just rollerblading from a parking garage a half km away.
The boss parked their one day, when the lot most of my coworkers use was full.
Saw the guy sitting on his bumping lacing his skates.
Our current green club leader, drives from langley to downtown each day.
She made a comment to me how my Porsche, which I drive about 1000km per year is bad for the air.
We had a guy at work that would rollerblade to work.
Told us all how great he felt, 25 minutes each way.
He even got to start late, so he could shower downstairs, with pay.
Basically an extra 20-30 minute break.
Turns out he was just rollerblading from a parking garage a half km away.
The boss parked their one day, when the lot most of my coworkers use was full.
Saw the guy sitting on his bumping lacing his skates.
Our current green club leader, drives from langley to downtown each day.
She made a comment to me how my Porsche, which I drive about 1000km per year is bad for the air.
It sucks that such a beautiful city has such a lousy transit system.Getting people in & out of that city is kinda like flushing the toilet after its already clogged.Mind
you we're a very self centered society,i've noticed that easily 80% of the cars on the road are driver only & not just Vancouver.
you we're a very self centered society,i've noticed that easily 80% of the cars on the road are driver only & not just Vancouver.
Exactly this. There are drivers that roll through stop signs and push their way through crosswalks. There are also cyclists who do this.
I cycle to work some days and drive others. Takes me about the same amount of time (25 minutes), but I'm mostly a fair weather cyclist. It helps that in the part of Yaletown I work there is free parking near by. If that ever disappears, I'll become a foul weather cyclist.
Basically, as a cyclist, I see asshole drivers and asshole cyclists...as a driver, I see asshole drivers and asshole cyclists.
ps...don't judge either by the bicycle couriers and vehicular couriers because they both suck.
Actually, the opposite is true. Roads & associated motorcar infrastructure is heavily subsidized Cycling lanes is under-represented in government spending
Besides, would you rather all those bikers hop in their cars and drive in front of you?
I'm not entirely sure what the initial complaint is.
As long as people are leaving their cars at home and getting to work by other means, what does it matter if they cycle part of the way and then use public transit? It's not like they're taking part in a marathon and cheating by sneaking on to a bus to arrive before everyone else. Who cares and really, why is it anyone else's business? It really baffles me sometimes just how hostile some people can be about things that really don't even concern them because somehow they feel entitled to make it their business. Why is that?
All I know is that I live on a street designated as bike route, which is great. But why are there still some morons (cyclists) on the sidewalk? I've ranted about stupid cyclists on packed sidewalks downtown a couple of years ago (pre bike lanes, I guess?) and that was annoying. But on the off-broadway bike route on a street with minimal traffic that is actually designated as a bike route? That's just exceptionally retarded.
What? You mean like that tax for pedestrians? Oh I see....right. lol :clap2:
I can't comment on the bike lanes downtown, I don't drive right now (don't need a car) so I'm not sure what the issue is? (What is it?)
I can understand the frustration between motorists and cyclists; it's the same in pretty much all other cities. The fact of the matter is that it isn't going to go away (motorists & cyclists having to share the roads) and it's silly to imagine it would ever make sense to go backwards and try to discourage people from leaving their cars at home ESPECIALLY if they're going to be the only person in the car.
Yes, I know it's hard to accept change, even harder to accept that change is necessary and not the optional and capricious demand of some silly "tree huggers". That we need less cars on the road isn't a unreasonable, silly hippy idea, it's very much necessary. Not only for environmental or logistical reasons but also for health reasons. Most cyclists also own cars - therefore pay the same taxes. But that doesn't even matter because those taxes pay for highways and such, which cyclists can't even use anyway. Urban road maintenance is paid with municipal taxes, which cyclists also pay for. I'd venture to say that cars are in fact responsible for most of road damage compared with cyclists (and certainly pedestrians) are, so they are actually probably overpaying for roads they do not use in the case of pedestrians and roads they are not responsible for damaging for cyclists.
Actually, maybe those two groups (pedestrians/cyclists) should get some of that money back. :thumb: LOL
Exactly.
Like I said, I can understand the frustration but some of these comments just demonstrate that some people are really out of touch with reality here. Removing the bike lanes to give cars more parking space? Do we live on the same planet cause on my planet that is an absurd suggestion.. a nice little fantasy.
Complaining about less parking is ridiculous because taking away bike lanes and discouraging cyclists will only mean they'll take their cars instead, then drive around alone and yes, need parking too - so it wouldn't result in loads of magically now available parking spots for anyone. Traffic would only get worse, just more slow moving cars with only one person driving around. Yes, that's what we really need. Isn't Vancouver supposed to be the greenest city, or something.
As it stands now, we're lagging very far behind cities like Toronto and Montreal as far as being a bike-friendly city. (ie bike sharing systems already available in both cities, whereas Vancouver's been talking about it for years and has pushed the project back to next year....for the past 3 years.
) Considering the vastly more bike-friendly climate here, it's kind of unjustified if you ask me. I think it's gotten way, way better in the last few years, I remember being really surprised at how few bikes I saw when I first moved here. Being used to seeing bikes everywhere in Montreal, I was shocked how few cyclists there were here.People who take the skytrain know what im talking about. Cause these people drag their bikes into full trains. One bike can take up the space of 4-8 passenger standing up during rush hour. All so this guy or gal gives a impression he's fit to his friends at work and he only rides two blocks. Add him moving his bike around to get out of peoples way as they get out of the train during rush hour and it's a fucking nightmare.
I'm not entirely sure what the initial complaint is.
As long as people are leaving their cars at home and getting to work by other means, what does it matter if they cycle part of the way and then use public transit? It's not like they're taking part in a marathon and cheating by sneaking on to a bus to arrive before everyone else. Who cares and really, why is it anyone else's business? It really baffles me sometimes just how hostile some people can be about things that really don't even concern them because somehow they feel entitled to make it their business. Why is that?
What amazes me is the stupidity and arrogance of some cyclists. I have seen cyclists do things a 10 year old would be smart enough to not do. A few months ago I was approaching the North end of Rupert St (at Wall St). I passed a cyclist about 100 ft from a stop sign. I came to a complete stop and just as I was starting to make me left hand turn, this fucking idiot comes up on my right and turns directly in front of my car. I easily could of have killed the SOB (maybe next time I will).
I admit I'm not on the skytrain at rush hour but come on, LAG. That's either a freakishly large bike or 4-8 tiny, little fairies (or smurfs?) - not a regular bike or regular sized adults. LOL That's non-sense.
It's not nonsense cause there's a ban on bikes from downtown to surrey(yes the bikes occupy 4-8 people standing up during rush hour). The skytrain to surrey employees kick you out if you're found on the trains between 8-6:30pm rush hour mon-friday. Only the trains to richmond have bike racks and space for bikers. All this so a bunch of lazy people who arent fit enough to ride their bikes. Usually they ride less than 4 blocks a day and it's all for show.
*most bikes are large and not the stupid pink girly bikes you're use to lol. Hard for you to understand cause you probably wait for incalls all day and dont travel to or from work.
*most bikes are large and not the stupid pink girly bikes you're use to lol. Hard for you to understand cause you probably wait for incalls all day and dont travel to or from work.
ok well that's different. So you're saying there should also be a ban on trains to/from richmond, just like on those to/from Surrey? If you had just explained it that way then it would make sense that the same reason for banning on the Surrey train would likely be relevant to those for the Richmond train.
You didn't specify this and instead confused the issue by including your own personal judgment on the motivations of an entire group of people that are strangers to you...which doesn't make for such a convincing argument - even if you claim to have asked a couple of them. lol All that was needed was the above info and the rest isn't useful IMO.
THANK GOD. I had to take the skytrain from Richmond in morning rush hour once and I wanted to die. It was SO freaking hot and crammed in there! Ugh. Maybe more train would help too. One thing's for sure, I hated it. lol
PS: Still no way I buy the claim that a bike takes up the space of 8 people.
i seen 8 people get out of a train going to surrey. Cause the small area by the doors cant fit much people with a bike. Im not here to argue with you about taking the space of 8 people. The trains to surrey are much smaller then to richmond. The 8 people arent standing wide apart and that's what you dont get. During rush hour people are packed like sardines. So a 5-6 foot long bike can easily take up space for 8 people packed line sardines.
PS i dont care if u dont buy the fact the bike takes up space for 8 people.
PS i dont care if u dont buy the fact the bike takes up space for 8 people.
PS: Still no way I buy the claim that a bike takes up the space of 8 people.
Usually, i dont like talking to sp much. Only part im into is getting ontop of them or from behind and hearing them do fake moans.
I think they should change the laws regarding bikes (so that they are no longer considered motor vehicles)... and then give them dedicated sidewalk lanes, much like they have in Europe (which as worked quite well). After a period of enforcing safe biking laws & a public awareness campaign, I think alot of problems would be solved.
Of course, we could just start the ball rolling by enforcing current bike laws (ever notice how cyclists think that no traffic laws apply to them?)
Of course, we could just start the ball rolling by enforcing current bike laws (ever notice how cyclists think that no traffic laws apply to them?)
