City Council has approved the installation of a bi-directional bikeway on Rathburn Road between Melbert Road and The West Mall. A copy of the staff report is available at IE 26.6. The City of Toronto is inviting residents to learn more and provide feedback on opportunities for cycling and road...
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They haven't put the roll planes out yet. But let me outlines what has been stated and then add comment:
Resizing the lanes here will generally achieve a savings equal to 1.8M of space.
To permit a bidirectional cycletrack they will require at least 3M, more would be ideal. This will have to come from the boulevards. Generally the boulevards are wide
enough to support this, however, tree placement may be an issue in some cases. (some removals may be required) But layby removal seems likely (this would be desirable)
Same comments as above
This section is problematic. Consulting the MTO is a necessity. navigating the on/off ramps as currently designed is no easy feat (safely)
Not sure what the City has in mind here.
On the bridge there are up to 7 lanes of traffic, resizing could achieve ~4m, but if you were retaining the vehicle lanes, I would definitely want physical separation which would take up some space.
i doubt the City would want to fund, or work with the MTO to redesign this interchange; but I will put out there that it is feasible to take the two ramps on the west side and have them intersect Rathburn at a new traffic light which would be much safer.
The east side does not have room for that solution but could still see the ramps curtailed/straightened a bit to slow traffic and create something closer to a hard right exit.
