Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

[TwoWheelPoli]

CONSULTATION ALERT!!!

The City of Toronto has released the dates for the Kingston Road Phase 2 public consultations! A virtual one will be held on Tuesday, October 21 at 7 PM while an in person one will be held on Monday, October 27 (6:00 - 8:30 PM) at R.H. King Academy (3800 St Clair Avenue East). The presentation materials are now up while you can submit your feedback until Monday, November 3.

A Safer Kingston Road

November Update: City staff will present recommendations to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee on December 4. View the staff report at IE 26.6 . Arrange to speak or submit comments by calling 416-392-4666 or emailing iec@toronto.ca by 4:30 p.m. on December 3. Public Consultation Report...

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[TwinHuey]

CONSULTATION ALERT!!!

The City of Toronto has released the dates for the Kingston Road Phase 2 public consultations! A virtual one will be held on Tuesday, October 21 at 7 PM while an in person one will be held on Monday, October 27 (6:00 - 8:30 PM) at R.H. King Academy (3800 St Clair Avenue East). The presentation materials are now up while you can submit your feedback until Monday, November 3.

A Safer Kingston Road

November Update: City staff will present recommendations to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee on December 4. View the staff report at IE 26.6 . Arrange to speak or submit comments by calling 416-392-4666 or emailing iec@toronto.ca by 4:30 p.m. on December 3. Public Consultation Report...

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Survey completed.

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[kotsy]

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/ontario-adding-vehicle-lane-keeping-bike-lanes-500m-bloor-11326886

The Ford government is restoring a lane of vehicle traffic along a short stretch of Bloor Street in Toronto’s west end, with construction expected to start in late October.

However, the reconfigured half-kilometre section between Resurrection Road and Clissold Street in Etobicoke will still include bike lanes, which the province said is “consistent” with the Ontario Superior Court’s ruling that barred any bike lane removals.

The construction will take out an existing concrete median to make space for two lanes of vehicle traffic in each direction, as well as the bike lanes on both sides of the road.

The government said the work is expected to start on or soon after Oct. 20.

“The work will include new protected bicycle lanes that are consistent with the City of Toronto’s design standards, including precast barrier curbs and bollards that will separate the lane from vehicle traffic, along with a restored lane of vehicle traffic,” Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said in a statement.

In April, the courts slapped an injunction on the Ford government’s bike lane removal plan, which was later upheld on appeal. The province then took its legal battle a step further to the Court of Appeal, though that case hasn’t started.

“We firmly believe it is the democratically elected legislature that should be making decisions about how best to get traffic moving,” Sarkaria said on Thursday.

Thursday’s announcement is the first step in the government’s ongoing quest to restore vehicle lanes on roads with bike lanes through Bill 212. Through the course of its so-far-unsuccessful legal defence, the government has softened its language from vowing to remove bike lanes to “reconfiguring” them to allow for more vehicle traffic.

The judge who slapped down the province’s defence found that to be a “distinction without a difference.”

Bill 212 gave Sarkaria the power to remove bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue, and required cities to get his approval before adding new ones.

Since then, the government has argued in court that changes to the bill no longer allow the minister to remove bike lanes outright. However, it has noted that he could still do so after passing a regulation.

This is a developing story. More to come.

 

[Northern Light]

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/ontario-adding-vehicle-lane-keeping-bike-lanes-500m-bloor-11326886

Relevant details from the article:

Key: Protected Cycle Tracks to remain.

 

[MisterF]

“We firmly believe it is the democratically elected legislature that should be making decisions about how best to get traffic moving,” Sarkaria said on Thursday

Completely ignoring that the democratically elected city council has already made decisions about how to get traffic moving.

 

[Northern Light]

CONSULTATION ALERT!!!

The City of Toronto has released the dates for the Kingston Road Phase 2 public consultations! A virtual one will be held on Tuesday, October 21 at 7 PM while an in person one will be held on Monday, October 27 (6:00 - 8:30 PM) at R.H. King Academy (3800 St Clair Avenue East). The presentation materials are now up while you can submit your feedback until Monday, November 3.

A Safer Kingston Road

November Update: City staff will present recommendations to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee on December 4. View the staff report at IE 26.6 . Arrange to speak or submit comments by calling 416-392-4666 or emailing iec@toronto.ca by 4:30 p.m. on December 3. Public Consultation Report...

www.toronto.ca

Some additional detail by way of the information panels:

A link to the full set of panels here:

https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/8e71-A-Safer-Kingston-Road-Panels-for-Public-Meetings-06102025-sml1.pdf

The roll plans are here:

https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/95b6-A-Safer-Kingston-Road-Roll-Plans-sml1.pdf

I'm going to put some thought into the above..........

I think the section near Clarence might have a bit more space to pinch.

Items to consider: Minor pinch to existing median. Is 1.6M of concrete necessary beside the left hand turn lane when it has no landscaping and is not a pedestrian refuge island? The bulk of the 4.6M median should be retained as it has trees, options for narrowing are limited, however, its edged in concrete, somewhere in/around 0.3/0.4m wide, could that be reduced to 0.1?

As the south side illustrates, a buffer can be created with as little as 0.3M.

Alternatively, the curb lane here is 3.3M. There is a compelling argument for that in general, but in this case, the lane is coming to an end with a forced right, could we pinch it down to 0.3M? Things over which to ponder.

@TwinHuey is duly flagged.

 

[bearcat]

Relevant details from the article:

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Key: Protected Cycle Tracks to remain.

I like how at least according to Google Maps there is no such thing as Clissold Street lol, it's Road. But also can they really fit two car lanes in each direction and a protected cycle track under the railway & subway bridges?

 

[DSCToronto]

I like how at least according to Google Maps there is no such thing as Clissold Street lol, it's Road. But also can they really fit two car lanes in each direction and a protected cycle track under the railway & subway bridges?

Details, details!

 

[chrisw]

Buffered bike lanes to be added in Markham. Construction start date Aug-Dec 2025.

Active Transportation Facilities Implementation Program

Upcoming Road Improvements & Cycling Infrastructure The City of Markham will be carrying out road improvements on several streets, including Calvert Road, Clegg Road, Allstate Parkway, Ferrier Street, and Gillingham Avenue & Elson Street, to accommodate the

yourvoicemarkham.ca

 

[MisterF]

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Buffered bike lanes to be added in Markham. Construction start date Aug-Dec 2025.

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Active Transportation Facilities Implementation Program

Upcoming Road Improvements & Cycling Infrastructure The City of Markham will be carrying out road improvements on several streets, including Calvert Road, Clegg Road, Allstate Parkway, Ferrier Street, and Gillingham Avenue & Elson Street, to accommodate the

yourvoicemarkham.ca

If they mean buffered but with no physical separation then most of those bike lanes will 100% be infested with parked cars.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Some additional detail by way of the information panels:

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A link to the full set of panels here:

https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/8e71-A-Safer-Kingston-Road-Panels-for-Public-Meetings-06102025-sml1.pdf

The roll plans are here:

https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/95b6-A-Safer-Kingston-Road-Roll-Plans-sml1.pdf

I'm going to put some thought into the above..........

I think the section near Clarence might have a bit more space to pinch.

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Items to consider: Minor pinch to existing median. Is 1.6M of concrete necessary beside the left hand turn lane when it has no landscaping and is not a pedestrian refuge island? The bulk of the 4.6M median should be retained as it has trees, options for narrowing are limited, however, its edged in concrete, somewhere in/around 0.3/0.4m wide, could that be reduced to 0.1?

As the south side illustrates, a buffer can be created with as little as 0.3M.

Alternatively, the curb lane here is 3.3M. There is a compelling argument for that in general, but in this case, the lane is coming to an end with a forced right, could we pinch it down to 0.3M? Things over which to ponder.

@TwinHuey is duly flagged.

Paint is not bicycle infrastructure.

 

[Northern Light]

Paint is not bicycle infrastructure.

If you look at the panels I posted, about 1/2 of the cycle tracks have permanent concrete curbs separating them from traffic, wherever the road is being repaved.

Most of the rest is paint, with flexiposts, because no major roadwork is planned, so this is the temporary version.

There is one section with only paint..............and I'm working on changing that.

 

[Admiral Beez]

There is one section with only paint..............and I'm working on changing that.

Nice. Can you elaborate on the compromise the Toronto Star mention this morning? The paper is short on details.

How can you keep bike lanes and return two lanes of traffic? If it's possible, we should have done that in the first place.

 

[Northern Light]

Nice. Can you elaborate on the compromise the Toronto Star mention this morning? The paper is short on details.

How can you keep bike lanes and return two lanes of traffic? If it's possible, we should have done that in the first place.

This way:

You see the concrete median beside the left hand turn lane; that is coming out. That gives you ~ 1.2M to play with.

Noting that I have not seen the roll plan for this segment. I did measure the lane widths, and there is about 1.3M of available room by cutting the lanes to 3.0M wide each That gives you ~2.5M which is pretty close to what you need.

I don't know, but suspect they may also push the north sidewalk back a bit, its public land, and it would be pretty easy to steal another 0.5M if you needed it.

The left turn lane itself can be trimmed by 0.3m as well.

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On the east side of the underpass, room can be poached from the big yellowed out centre area:

The bike lanes don't show in the above image, but I can measure curb to curb, you have ~18M of play, you require 12M to support 4x3M lanes, and 5M, more or less for 2 separated cycle tracks. Its do-able. The space is there.

You can't do the same thing on the downtown sections of Bloor which are much narrower.

 

[bearcat]

This way:

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You see the concrete median beside the left hand turn lane; that is coming out. That gives you ~ 1.2M to play with.

Noting that I have not seen the roll plan for this segment. I did measure the lane widths, and there is about 1.3M of available room by cutting the lanes to 3.0M wide each That gives you ~2.5M which is pretty close to what you need.

I don't know, but suspect they may also push the north sidewalk back a bit, its public land, and it would be pretty easy to steal another 0.5M if you needed it.

The left turn lane itself can be trimmed by 0.3m as well.

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On the east side of the underpass, room can be poached from the big yellowed out centre area:

View attachment 687089

The bike lanes don't show in the above image, but I can measure curb to curb, you have ~18M of play, you require 12M to support 4x3M lanes, and 5M, more or less for 2 separated cycle tracks. Its do-able. The space is there.

You can't do the same thing on the downtown sections of Bloor which are much narrower.

Okay, I am still not sure what the plan is under the bridges? Will they really be able to fit two car lanes and a cycle track?