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knowing that it is something that was considered just a year ago, allows us to look at a potential solution that doesn't take place 5, 10, 15 years down the road, which really won't meet the needs of users that are currently looking for solutions. So certainly this is an opportunity for us to provide greater access for the cycling community in a more time effective manner.

That being said, this is a way for us to have this embedded into a report that's coming back to us later on. And again, in relationship to all the other options that are going to be there, it gives us an ability to potentially look at something that's a little bit more realistic current solution as opposed to something that's alongside the West End Waterfront Plan in its scope and its nature. So thank you for presenting.

The time frames that we were looking at in the presentation are quite long.

This seems to offer a renewed look at what can be done in a practical way. I think the city made itself very clear that it does appreciate safe cycling, but that there's a process around it, and I think the issue the first time around was the lack of transparency when that decision was being made, whereas I think on this occasion, the staff is getting it right by providing a lot more visibility and listening, so I appreciate the effort the staff have gone into and the detail with their grand vision.

I'm just noticing with the transit one that we've got it stopping at Davie-Bidwell, just north of that. We've got somewhat of a traffic calming area, but I'm wondering if the city would be working on ensuring that that school, Lord Roberts, has some sort of safe street opportunity on Bidwell to ensure and to help encourage and support safe non-motorized transportation for students and families to get there, and also to minimize the traffic that might be diverted up through there from more users coming into this area.