So our city had a major proposal a few months ago to take the two left lanes closest to the medium(one on each side of traffic) and convert it to a protected on street bike lane. With more seating in the centre medium....well council voted on it and it was defeated by 1 vote....


So out of curiosity I wanted to know why my local ward councilor voted against it. Today I got the answer. "It would Hinder ambulance services. Out of all the lamest excuses in the world he could have come up with....that has to top it. You can see from the pic...drivers and emergency vehicles would have had another 3 lanes to choose from. Anyhow....I just wanted to vent