I found out today that the city plans on taking away street parking, and about 8’ of my front yard and driveway to turn the street into a boulevard with separate sidewalks and bike lanes. As a cyclist, I’m all for safe bike lanes, but why can’t they put in a shared use path instead? Then they wouldn’t be destroying our yards and getting rid of parking needed for homes and independent small businesses along this street. Not to mention that they are no longer closing down the off-ramps so traffic will be as heavy as ever, resulting in gridlock right outside my bedroom window. And how will the fire trucks navigate the narrower lanes? My pollinator garden would be paved over and my house would be right up against the street. Ugh. @waterlooregion#CityLiving#BikeLanes#SharedPath#SharedUsePath
