Waterloo - Cycling two-abreast isn’t sharing the road. It’s hogging it

Next Tuesday. the region's planning and works committee will debate an update of local traffic and parking bylaws. The most controversial change is a proposal to drop the prohibition on cyclists riding two-abreast. Currently the bylaw reads: "No person shall ride a bicycle on any roadway or shoulder abreast of another bicycle except in the course of passing such other bicycle." This entire clause will disappear if the new rules are approved. Read more.