PL1
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I saw this recently (3 weeks ago) in Vancouver on Union Street, east of Main. It was great!
How did they get this past TPS and Toronto Fire? Normally they demand the ability to drive up the bike lanes, or park on them.They are eliminating parking on one side of the street, so one side will run beside live traffic, and the other behind parked cars.
Finally given up driving and decided to start cycling to work. Feels great! Here's my route, it's awesome because it feels like it's 80% bike path. But I have two transitions on to the road which I find are a bit awkward. Would love some input on whether there's a better route for these little sections circled in purple.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to give it a shot tonight and see how things go.
Excellent! You've just made me a devoted supporter of the plan. I haven't been following the nuances of this, just the major issues as considered by the press, but this is a *huge* factor to making this work.
Wow!
That and having to wait for drivers who fail at parallel parking.but right now what really gums up the works is drivers changing lanes to get around stretches of parking and then move back.
I've been biking Bloor (between Bathurst and Avenue) a bit more than usual since the plan was approved, just to try to imagine what it would look like, and I'm convinced that allowing parking on Bloor, especially in the middle of the day, is a bigger contributor to congestion than anything else. Some drivers think putting bikes on a separated track would slow cars down somehow, but right now what really gums up the works is drivers changing lanes to get around stretches of parking and then move back.
Having looked over the 10-year bike plan, I see a couple of things that bother me.
Several projects which were already approved in principle for 2016 implementation show as occurring much later.
Woodbine - 2017
Bellamy - 2018
Willowdale - 2019
We only approved these as the 2016 work plan, last year!
Cycling as a unit needs to get its head on straight. That means, you propose, you deliver. No one is perfect, but surely, you get 80% of what you propose done, the same year.
To be clear, these project all have no more complexity that painting lines on the road. (ie, not cycle tracks etc).
As someone who drives, walks, bikes, and uses the TTC, I can say, as a driver, I prefer the bike lane configuration on roads that support mid-day curbside parking, for just this reason.
Several projects which were already approved in principle for 2016 implementation show as occurring much later.
Woodbine - 2017
Bellamy - 2018
Willowdale - 2019
We only approved these as the 2016 work plan, last year!