Let’s talk about the fact that the CAA has published a study that essentially suggests that the solution to cycling/car conflicts involves improving car infrastructure. Because, of course it does.

Small progress has been made in North America to focus less on cars as transportation, but it always comes back to this. Until other forms of transit–and to be clear, public transit should be the first priority–are prioritized, car centric solutions will the reality and that isn’t a solution.

The CAA, it’s worth noting, is not a roadside assistance organization: it’s also an automotive lobby. Sure, they offer bike assistance with your memebership, but that’s a panacea: do you actually know anyone on a bike who’s ever called them?

I struggle with this every year. I have a CAA membership because the Roadside assistance is useful, but I don’t want to support their politics. I suspect the solution to this will be that my current car is the last one I own, but we’ll see. In the meantime, I hope Toronto’s investment in safe cycling infrastructure continues, and we dump Thug Ford for an actual educated premier sometime soon.