allengeorge
Senior Member
Councillor Gary Crawford, I think?
The entire thing is bizarre: there was no rationale given, no public report, nothing.
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
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The entire thing is bizarre: there was no rationale given, no public report, nothing.
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
I guess my question is: was this Crawford's decision alone to make? Or was there a city council vote on the issue? If so, I would have liked to know where my councilor lies on the issue so I can chew him out for voting against public interests.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Seems that Councillor Gary Crawford previously ran in the 2007 Ontario Provincial Election for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and lost. From link.
Towered
Superstar
I guess the suburban arterials aren't wide enough??
allengeorge
Senior Member
allengeorge
Senior Member
I've come to the conclusion that the only thing to do now is to work for organizations and target wards with councillors like DMW, Holyday, Pasternak, and Crawford and make sure they're voted out on the next election cycle. Crawford barely won in 2018, so a strong challenger could take him out. Who knows.
salsa
Senior Member
Crawford barely won against an equally terrible candidate who successfully pushed for the removal of bike lanes on Birchmount and Pharmacy in her ward, in a highly unusual election which pitted incumbent councillors against each other due to the province reducing the number of wards in half. If there was an opportunity to get rid of Crawford, it was back then. But a different outcome here would not have been any better for us anyway.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
Yeah, Grimes is definitely strongly in the anti-cycling camp, imho. I remember listening to him take all the credit for the linear park "he just opened up". It's a stretch of the waterfront from Humber Bay Arch Bridge and all the way west along Mimico which at the time was just connected into a continuous multiuse trail. You should have heard the audible disdain for bikers he had, while taking the credit for the trail. As if he was saying 'how dare they cycle the trail at the same time I'm walking it'.
Undead
Senior Member
you mean ones you agree with. just be honest about it lol
Andy_in_Toronto
Active Member
Absolutely true:
H4F33Z
Active Member
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Exciting news.
I would ask everyone to fill out the survey, and voice support for cycle tracks along the whole length. The one proposed on Cummer, is very short. And on Martin Grove, they prefer buffered bike lanes south of Donalbert even though there is space for barriers. Buffered bike lanes are not safe, and sharrows are even worse.
Exciting news.
I would ask everyone to fill out the survey, and voice support for cycle tracks along the whole length. The one proposed on Cummer, is very short. And on Martin Grove, they prefer buffered bike lanes south of Donalbert even though there is space for barriers. Buffered bike lanes are not safe, and sharrows are even worse.
Towered
Superstar
Wow, protected bike lanes coming to the heart of sleepy central Etobicoke? Shh, nobody tell Stephen Holyday...
Amare
Senior Member
So I take it they are thinking of widening this section of Martin Grove between Rathburn and Burnhamthorpe? Because there certainly isnt much room in the existing ROW:
H4F33Z
Active Member
No, there is enough space on the existing roadway, for a 3 metre road lane in each direction, 0.5 metre buffer(protection in buffer), and 1.5 metre bike lane.