Rack ruckus
Did City Hall consult with anyone on the location of the 18-unit bike share rack installed outside the Comox Street entrance to Denman Mall?
The space that the rack plus bikes will take up leaves a very narrow space for pedestrians, wheelchairs, and grocery carts. This Is also an unloading area for trucks delivering to the dollar store, the beer and wine store, and the Canada Post outlet. This is a poor location for this bike share site.
They have also moved the free bike rack closer to Denman, further restricting movement around the bank machine at the corner.
Not impressed with City Hall.
– Norbert
Everything is Terrible
Went to the beach for the first time in years and found that there are so many homeless and mentally challenged people (mostly men) who are disrupting the peace with their rants and swearing that I felt unsafe for the first time in a very long time.
They feed the birds so that they swarm and crap everywhere. It's bad enough using public transport when having to sit or stand next to an “un-well” person, but now to be verbally hassled by so many people in apublic space – it’s almost next to impossible to find a quiet place to sit on the beach and in Stanley Park.
And I am not talking about a Downtown Eastside “situation” – yet. You only have to walk on the disgusting and filthy Granville Street Mall to see the sad disintegration of a once proud Vancouver. Begging has become a job on the beachfront, Denman, Davie, Granville streets. Tourists from the USA complained to me how "dirty Vancouver is" compared to photos they see online. Just look at our laneways, sidewalks, roads, beaches and park pathways, covered in ciggie butts and crap.
The new recycling bins are a further attractant – not only for dogs and raccoons – but for those folks that dumpster dive for cans and bottles. Just wait, the garbage will be on the ground and blowing around before you know it! Taxpayer's money is not being spent well – and if there isn't enough to go around – raise taxes or stop spending on frivolous things like painting a rainbow crosswalk (just one of many, many examples!) that is marked with tire treads and filthy within a day.
–Elaine
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