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Non-Partisan Association city councillor Suzanne Anton is slamming Vision Vancouver for selling “Bike Lanes Make Me Hornby” T-shirts.

Anton said today (October 14) the “stunt” makes a “mockery” of Hornby Street businesses’ concerns about the removal of parking spots to make way for the new two-way, separated bike lane.

“I’m not at all surprised at the arrogance by Vision Vancouver,” the councillor stated in a press release. “However, I am taken aback that they would actually create an article of clothing to celebrate it. At the very least Mayor [Gregor] Robertson should ask his party to shelve these shirts until construction and the bike lane trial is completed, but I don’t know how they could even consider that given how embarrassing this is for them.”

In addition to the cheeky slogan, the $15 organic T-shirts bear the Vision logo.

The T-shirts are advertised in a October 13 post on the party’s blog. They can be ordered by e-mail and are set to be sold at Vision’s pub night on October 20.

“In the spirit of supporting the latest decision to create a separated bike route in Vancouver’s downtown core, Vision Vancouver is releasing a limited run of ”˜Bike Lanes Make Me Hornby’ T-shirts,” the post by Tim Chipperfield states.

Vancouver council unanimously approved the $3.26-million Hornby bike lane on October 5.

On October 6, Anton issued a statement saying she had withdrawn her support for the bike lane because it had become clear to her that city hall had already geared up to build it ahead of council’s vote.

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