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Some fresh paint on The Esplanade.
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
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Thanks, I was hoping someone would provide photographic evidence and I could stay home sipping coffee in my jammies!.
There seems to be no sign of any repaving the badly deteriorated areas or, of course, the barriers that MAY stop cars parking on the track! I suspect we are not getting any repairs and that the barriers will appear in the next day or so.
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I biked a good length of the Bloor lane on Sunday at around 7:30, and the number of food couriers on motorcycles in the bike lanes was quite astounding. Just because they're electric doesn't mean you can ride your motorcycle/moped in the bike lane!
(But police enforcement should still stick to cars. Car drivers are the ones injuring/maiming people every day, not electric motorcycles in the bike lanes.)
(But police enforcement should still stick to cars. Car drivers are the ones injuring/maiming people every day, not electric motorcycles in the bike lanes.)
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Some of the 'electric bikes' are quite heavy pieces of machinery and they go fast. They could and do cause significant injury. The province is, supposedly, looking at how they define e-bikes and may be moving in the direction of California; https://www.calbike.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AB_1096_-_Info_for_Agencies-1.pdf Of course, even if the definitions are better, the police will still find more 'interesting' things to concentrate on!
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evandyk
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They can do damage, but the reality is that they very rarely do, particularly compared to the carnage caused by cars on a daily basis. But they're already not allowed in the separated bike lanes if they can be throttled without pedaling.
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Have you EVER seen or heard of anyone enforcing this prohibition?
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Michael Longfield from CycleTO presented to IEC on a micromobility item last week and showed a handful of examples of bikes that are in this weird grey area of legality in Toronto bike lanes or cycle tracks. Some of the examples were obvious to people in the know, but some others weren't. He also had this slide, which provided some good perspective. My parents just bought a compact SUV and even that weighs 3000 lb (1360 kg)
Specific to the cycling infrastructure, it feels like council keeps painting themselves into a corner with stuff like keeping e-scooters prohibited and creating a way too complicated system that isn't even enforced of who is and isn't allowed to use types of bike lanes. I mean seriously, who is going to remember THIS. The "Tricycle" in the first row isn't even one, it's an urban arrow cargo bike with two wheels. Embarrassing
Specific to the cycling infrastructure, it feels like council keeps painting themselves into a corner with stuff like keeping e-scooters prohibited and creating a way too complicated system that isn't even enforced of who is and isn't allowed to use types of bike lanes. I mean seriously, who is going to remember THIS. The "Tricycle" in the first row isn't even one, it's an urban arrow cargo bike with two wheels. Embarrassing
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evandyk
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No, I'm just surprised at the explosion of the numbers of those heavier (and quite expensive!) electric motorcycles/mopeds over the last 2-3 years. I assume most of them are financed through programs sponsored by the food courier companies.
mburrrrr
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The Esplanade unofficial 1 hour traffic survey.
Wednesday Oct 1, 2024 1700-1800
Spaghetti Factory patio
No sporting events.
Meridian Hall event
Sunny 17C but the Esplanade was in the shade.
RESULTS:
This morning.
The sun is highlighting the trouble spot.
4 cars going the wrong way.
Wednesday Oct 1, 2024 1700-1800
Spaghetti Factory patio
No sporting events.
Meridian Hall event
Sunny 17C but the Esplanade was in the shade.
RESULTS:
- 167 Cars traveling West
- 126 Bikes, including scooters and e-bikes. Total east and west.
- 28 Cars traveling East against the road closed signs
- 10 People taking pictures of the Spaghetti Factory sign.
- 3 TTC Buses westbound
- 3 Helicopters overhead
- 3 U-turns east to west
- 2 Beers consumed on the patio
- 1 U-turn west to east
- 1 Rollerblader
- 0 dog treats. Unplanned survey. Sorry Lola.
- ? 25/35/45 Laneway turns. See point 8.
- Riding double or riding on sidewalk not included
- Pedestrians way too many to count.
This morning.
The sun is highlighting the trouble spot.
4 cars going the wrong way.
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Good work but the lack of Lola treats is probably something you may want to avoid in future. Safety Dogs need treats!!!
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I’ve been doing an inventory of bikeway renewals and looks like Havelock (College to Bloor) and Brunswick (Lowther to Bloor) are done.
Road renewals done with sharrows only include MacDonell (Wabash to Wright) and Haldon Ave
Road renewals done with sharrows only include MacDonell (Wabash to Wright) and Haldon Ave
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pawlyshyn
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There's a contraflow on Howland?
Erich Nelson
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Sorry I meant Brunswick, I corrected it
TwoWheelPoli
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Thanks to some digging from the Toronto Star, we now know which bike lanes Doug Ford wants removed first. Bloor from Resurrection to Clissold and Yonge from Merton to Millwood. Surprised it wasn't in The Kingsway where the source of the hostilities are.
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These are the bike lanes Doug Ford’s government wants to take out first, according to internal documents
Documents obtained by the Star via a freedom of information request describe “priority removal sections” for the Bloor and Yonge street bike lanes.
www.thestar.com
Northern Light
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I'll stick this here though the cycle track component isn't key to the issue.
Cllr. Saxe has filed an Administrative Inquiry about the Harbord/Hoskin reconstruction. Her complaint is that it has stretched on far too long, with extended periods of no working being done.
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Cllr. Saxe has filed an Administrative Inquiry about the Harbord/Hoskin reconstruction. Her complaint is that it has stretched on far too long, with extended periods of no working being done.
From the above: