slicecom
Active Member
The Esplanade bike lanes went in overnight, and it’s now one way between Berkeley and Princess, and bus only between Princess and Sherbourne. It’s been fun watching drivers slowly realize the change this morning.
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
- Thread starter MetroMan
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H4F33Z
Active Member
Hopefully you can grab some more pics!
slicecom
Active Member
Here’s the view from the east end of the esplanade. Not much more to see at the moment but I’ll update when they’re done. Still lots of inattentive drivers going the wrong way down the street this morning.
WillTo
Senior Member
robmausser
Senior Member
Its crazy that the Warden hydro corridor trail hasnt been completed yet. It seems like a no brainer and I cant imagine what the hold up is. The hydro lines are disused and the city owns the property AFAIK.
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christiesplits
Guest
I was disappointed to see the Bloor lane between Yonge and Bay fairly quiet last week during rush hour. Compared to other downtown bike lanes, is the Bloor lane less dependent on commuters than others?
Northern Light
Superstar
A letter from Councillor Paul Ainslie is on the agenda for the October 26 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Ctte.
He is requesting that the signed bike route along Galloway Road in his area of Scarborough be upgraded to a bike lane and/or cycle track, preferable in concert
with enhanced pedestrian infrastructure as well, narrowing the road, and reducing motorist speed.
He is requesting that the signed bike route along Galloway Road in his area of Scarborough be upgraded to a bike lane and/or cycle track, preferable in concert
with enhanced pedestrian infrastructure as well, narrowing the road, and reducing motorist speed.
Northern Light
Superstar
Councillor Ainslie has been busy with his letter writing, and has a second letter on the agenda for the above meeting.
Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-171925.pdf
The above letter requests:
Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-171925.pdf
The above letter requests:
slicecom
Active Member
slicecom
Active Member
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Northern Light
Superstar
Ya know......as much as we need to do more work on our cycling infrastructure (lots)...........its interesting to note that other places are trying to emulate our better efforts. This is Seattle, WA
The above picture was posted with this Tweet:
I picked it up off a re-tweet by Becky Katz.
FYI by 'Toronto Style' they mean raising the bike lane to the curb/bus stop height.
The above picture was posted with this Tweet:
I picked it up off a re-tweet by Becky Katz.
FYI by 'Toronto Style' they mean raising the bike lane to the curb/bus stop height.
Hieberrr
New Member
Compared to a decade ago, we've made a huge amount of progress. Still a lot of work left to do, but we've come a long way.
afransen
Senior Member
Personally, I think this inferior to having the bike lane divert to further away from the street, with a zebra crossing across the bike path to a narrow loading/unloading platform. This design above is less safe and prone to congestion.
Northern Light
Superstar
Do you have any examples of the above? I'd be interested to see how that works in practice and or/would work in practice in our examples. (Roncy is the obvious one, but we've started doing this on Christie, and I think a couple of other spots as well)
I would add, w/o judging your idea in the least, that I think its important to compare this design w/the baseline alternative, which is a bus pulling over and blocking the bike lane, or more challenging vehicle boarding/alighting for passengers from transit vehicles away from the curb, w/passengers stepping down into the curb/bike lane.