Maybe i'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but it seems to me like you don't agree with the concept of the AAA network, not the particular design of the cycle lanes. I'm not saying the design is perfect by any stretch, but no-one seems to be suggesting any ways they could be improved.
If you don't like the concept of downtown AAA bike lanes, that's not a bad design but a flawed concept. A bad design can be fixed; a flawed concept is (in this case) a difference of priorities, goals, and opinions.
My concern is that the bike lanes were designed with only the bike lanes in mind and not what is needed for transportation. Did anyone study impact to overall transportation needs? Not really.
It's my main issue I have with the CoV council and it's all related.
- We won't consult with the broader public over John A MacDonald - only the city family decides and we won't think about how this might harm reconciliation
- We won't have a referendum on the Crystal Pool replacement which is required for funding
- We will give everyone a house first, and ignore what the consequence might be
- We will let the homeless become entrenched in city parks without thinking about "now what?"
- We are going to build AAA bike lanes and not bother to see what the outcome might be for the blind, public transit, traffic patterns, etc.
"We won't look into the impacts of our decisions because we might find something we don't want to see" is not a great way to govern a city or take on projects like the bike lanes.