If you’ve been keeping tabs on the high-stakes, low-speed drama over local traffic lanes, grab your helmet and tap the brakes, because the legal battle has finally pulled over.
Grassroots group Save Vancouver Streets has officially thrown in the towel on its long-running legal campaign against the City of Vancouver. After months of bumper-to-bumper courtroom debate over who actually gets the keys to local road design, the group is calling it quits following a series of judicial roadblocks.
How We Got to This Traffic Jam
The disagreement started simple enough: local activists rallied to block city hall from turning existing driving lanes into dedicated bike corridors, bus lanes, and pedestrian zones without putting every single project to a public vote…