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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
- Thread starter MetroMan
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robmausser
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Lots of room on those medians but I take it that people would be up in arms about cutting down those trees
Northern Light
Superstar
From the presentation deck: https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...rtin-Grove-Rathburn_Presentation_7Dec2020.pdf
W. K. Lis
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Undead
Senior Member
Of the streets where I drive often, Sheppard and Leslie are also in poor shape and need improvements. The city plans to resurface Leslie in the next four-five years. Who/how/where could we pressure to get cycling and pedestrian protection when Leslie is rebuilt? Same question for Sheppard, but because it's further down the line—how do we force the city to put Sheppard on the to do list?
Northern Light
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The City is applying for Covid Resilience funds from the Federal Gov't as outlined in this report to the Dec 10th Executive Ctte.
The funds include two segments relevant to cycling infrastructure; as noted in 2 partial cross-posts to the Vision Zero and Ravine Strategy threads.
Report here:
Details (as such), in this attachment: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-159137.pdf
Relevant Transportation Projects section:
Also a Parks/Ravines section which impacts cyclists as well:
The funds include two segments relevant to cycling infrastructure; as noted in 2 partial cross-posts to the Vision Zero and Ravine Strategy threads.
Report here:
Details (as such), in this attachment: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-159137.pdf
Relevant Transportation Projects section:
Also a Parks/Ravines section which impacts cyclists as well:
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Northern Light
Superstar
Not Toronto; but nearby and notable.
Kitchener has approved a new 10km cycle grid for its downtown, including new trails and 2.8km of separated bike lanes.
globalnews.ca
Kitchener has approved a new 10km cycle grid for its downtown, including new trails and 2.8km of separated bike lanes.
Kitchener council approves downtown cycling grid - Kitchener | Globalnews.ca
The city calls the move a crucial step forward in its goal of ensuring that residents are able to walk, run, roll or cycle across Kitchener.
globalnews.ca
sche
Active Member
This is looking pretty good! Some good quality curb separated lanes.Not Toronto; but nearby and notable.
Kitchener has approved a new 10km cycle grid for its downtown, including new trails and 2.8km of separated bike lanes.
Kitchener council approves downtown cycling grid - Kitchener | Globalnews.ca
The city calls the move a crucial step forward in its goal of ensuring that residents are able to walk, run, roll or cycle across Kitchener.
Some more info https://www.engagewr.ca/downtown-cycling-grid
Map (from link above):
Renderings taken from link above:
Water St.
Joseph St
Duke St W
Duke St E
Cedar St
Margaret Ave MUT:
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Northern Light
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Great Find! TY!
Northern Light
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Northern Light
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Also via Matt Elliot's Twitter;
The Mayor's amendments to the plan: (not bad at all)
This also passed.
The Mayor's amendments to the plan: (not bad at all)
This also passed.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Transform Yonge (the downtown North York stretch, including separated bike lanes) just passed Council, 18-5!!!!
The vote, for the record: (courtesy @matt Elliott's twitter)
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Ford, Holyday, and Minnan-Wong voted NO! No surprise there. Have to watch Pasternak and Thompson.
afransen
Senior Member
KW has done a lot of great work over recent years on bike infrastructure from where they were 10 years ago. We can only hope they start to figure out protected intersections. It might be that a smaller city needs to implement them before it can penetrate the GTA.
MisterF
Senior Member
They also have a lot of painted, unprotected bike lanes on high speed suburban arterials. Good in theory but in practice not a nice environment to bike. Hopefully that's changing.