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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 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's why we need anti-car advocacy at all levels of government. Otherwise only the grumps get a say.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anti-car advocate of Edmonton would be rare. Theres not exactly great transit, especially at -30.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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) (1 children)

Heated bus stations, for starters.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"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.