A commentary by a former Victoria city councillor who is a cycling advocate.

Hardly a day goes by that we don’t see letters to the editor decrying the waste of public money on bicycle facilities that apparently no one uses.

Here are some numbers for those so afflicted with windshield myopia that they cannot see those with whom they share the road.

There are several sources of data observers can go to if they cannot see the many members of our community who travel, frequently enough, by bike.

StatsCan conducts a census every five years and questions Canadians on their travel choices. The last census in 2021, when COVID-19 was disrupting travel habits, still had Greater Victoria well ahead of the country with 5.3 per cent of commuters travelling by bike.

Keep in mind that the census covers a broad........

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