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Do the barriers around bike lanes block access to homes and disabled residents, or widen it?

· Discussed by 7 people · 4 claims

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Route drawings and accessibility standards can show where barriers, loading areas, driveways and alleys preserve access and where a design creates the cited detour or obstacle.

The design standards for barrier gaps, DATS loading and driveway and alley access, together with the drawings for the streets being described, settle both directions.

People arguing in both directions raised this question, and every claim they made about it is checked, whichever way it points.

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Taken from Yegscoop post on council's 2026-08-26 bike lane decision, read end to end. Every factual claim in it was extracted and merged, so this question is listed whatever became of it.

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  1. Concrete bike lane barriers and curbs block access for disabled residents and DATS pickups.

    Discussed by 3 people

    • How do disabled people easily access DATS if a concrete barrier prevents accessibility?

      Nimble Chickadee D. · comment 244

    • Ever broken a limb or been handicapped and had to struggle over windrows in winter or bike lane curbs?

      Bright Marmot S. · comment 269

    • if by chance your handicapped you now have to go over two sets of sidewalks to get to your home.

      Snowy Waxwing K. · comment 395

  2. Protected bike lanes can be designed so wheelchairs can use them and accessible vans can load and unload.

    Discussed by 2 people

    • If the barrier is the height of a sidewalk, the protected bike lane can be laterally shifted and/or reduced in width to provide space for accessible van loading/unloading.

      Aurora Coyote T. · comment 253

    • wheelchairs can use the lanes, it's great for the disabled

      Snowy Jackrabbit C. · comment 248

  3. The 119 Avenue bike lane forces a resident to drive around to 120 Avenue to reach the alley behind their house.

    Discussed by 1 person

    • I have to drive to 120ave now to get to the back of my house instead of turning on 119 ave

      Chilly Squirrel O. · comment 320

  4. Cycling infrastructure adds accessibility for people who don't or can't drive and improves health for active commuters.

    Discussed by 1 person

    • adds accessibility for those who don’t or can’t drive, in addition to improving health for active commuters.

      Riverside Merlin T. · comment 56