GameOnBrad
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Dundas Street Bridge Stairs down to the trail...
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
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DSCToronto
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As noted above, last week I (and maybe others) told 311 that the Martin Goodman on Cherry between the Ship Channel Bridge and Unwin needed some TLC. I hope they will do LOTS more but someone has now leveled out the worst of the depressions and bumps with fresh asphalt!
I can also report that the contractors who are fixing and resurfacing the Martin Goodman between Cherry Beach and the Unwin Bridge now have a paving machine parked on Regatta Road - presumably ready to start the paving next week.
I can also report that the contractors who are fixing and resurfacing the Martin Goodman between Cherry Beach and the Unwin Bridge now have a paving machine parked on Regatta Road - presumably ready to start the paving next week.
darth_freeman
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Part of the much maligned bike lane design on Bloor in Etobicoke has started construction on restoring the second EB multi-purpose lane for a 500m stretch. But I wonder how the 2nd lane will still drop approaching Islington without resulting in an awkward merge.
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Province restoring lane of traffic on stretch of Bloor Street in Etobicoke, will keep bike lanes
The Ford government will be restoring a lane of traffic on Bloor Street West in Etobicoke amid an ongoing court case over the removal of bike lanes in the City of Toronto.
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TheGrimSweeper
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Part of the much maligned bike lane design on Bloor in Etobicoke has started construction on restoring the second EB multi-purpose lane for a 500m stretch. But I wonder how the 2nd lane will still drop approaching Islington without resulting in an awkward merge.
Province restoring lane of traffic on stretch of Bloor Street in Etobicoke, will keep bike lanes
The Ford government will be restoring a lane of traffic on Bloor Street West in Etobicoke amid an ongoing court case over the removal of bike lanes in the City of Toronto.
Seems like a small win with everything going on. Maybe they don't expect to win the appeal?
Obsidian
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They have the notwithstanding clause so it doesn't matter if they win or not.
nfitz
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They have not invoked the non-withstanding clause - and I very much doubt that they would for something this trivial.
Also, the not-withstanding clause doesn't protect them from right-to-life stuff that pre-dates the 1982 constitution.
It also doesn't effect the Professional Engineering Act which makes clear that protecting human life is paramount. Any engineer that signed off on replacing bike lanes with a more dangerous solution risks personal liability in the high $millions - and losing their licence.
afransen
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Aren't PEOs covered by following the design standards set by the province?
nfitz
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Certainly not. They have to use professional judgement - and protecting human life overrides everything.
They may not be required to put bike lanes in the first place - but you most certainly can't do something that makes it more dangerous than the status quo. Which reminds me - I should FOIA the downgrade of the Woodbine lanes, and file a complaint against whoever signed off on it with PEO.
turbanplanner
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Are we going to take away the licenses of whoever set warden and the other Scarborough stroad speed limits to 60 decades ago?
PasticheProtégé
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It’s another big day for the ongoing Dundas staircase (lol). One upper stringer being set into place around lunchtime.
nfitz
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I'd hardly call Warden a stroad. And I'm not sure it was ever made more dangerous, by any standards of the time. I'd think the limit would have been 50 mph at one point, once it wasn't a horse track.
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We just returned from an 'inspection'. The paving started at Cherry Beach and has gone east of Regatta Road - we could not see how far but all that we could see was paved. It has not reached Unwin bridge yet but the surface at that end looks as though it has been compacted and is ready for asphalt. I assume the paving will be finished this week unless the weather is very poor. It then needs the green/blue lines but it’s gone very fast. (WT are also repairing the section of the trail immediately NORTH of the Ship Channel – where the truck driveway had cracked and broken the concrete. Now, if only the City can get their act together to fix the short section from the Ship Channel Bridge to Unwin!!
Admiral Beez
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With today's nice weather I went a bike ride along Bloor. I noted there were many electric kick scooters and electric Vespa-style bikes (e-mopeds or e-scooters?) on food deliveries zooming along the separated bike path. My understanding is that neither of these are allowed on our separated bike lanes. But a law or by-law is only worth its enforcement, which to me seems like zero.
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We don't need a safety blitz, but instead regular enforcement, and improved awareness of the regs. It's completely legit for a e-scooter rider to wonder why something illegal in the city is sold in the city in regular shops.
toronto.citynews.ca
Electric Scooters & Electric Bicycles
To keep everyone safe and moving smoothly, the City has launched an educational campaign to help riders understand the rules and share our streets respectfully. Learn the rules for all rideables. Micromobility, also known as rideables, describes small, compact, low-speed vehicles. They can...
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We don't need a safety blitz, but instead regular enforcement, and improved awareness of the regs. It's completely legit for a e-scooter rider to wonder why something illegal in the city is sold in the city in regular shops.
Micromobility crackdown: Toronto police begin 3-week safety blitz
The campaign follows a recommendation for Toronto police and staff to collaborate on improving safety awareness around micromobility use.
toronto.citynews.ca
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StreetcarRider
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End-of-day progress report.
TwoWheelPoli
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Meant to share this sooner, but the City of Toronto hosted a Phase 2 consultation yesterday regarding the Peanut Streets Plan. You can still submit your feedback until Wednesday, November 19.
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Here are the relevant slides which apply to cycling.
The Peanut Streets Plan
翻译成中文 ترجمه به فارسی Attend the public drop-in event on Wednesday, November 5 and complete the survey by November 19. View meeting materials in Public Consultation tab below. In consultation with the local community, the City is developing a Neighbourhood Streets Plan for The Peanut area that...
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Here are the relevant slides which apply to cycling.