Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

[bearcat]

I drove by Power Street along Adelaide yesterday and looks like there is work happing on the intersection and bike lanes there!

 

[pawlyshyn]

I drove by Power Street along Adelaide yesterday and looks like there is work happing on the intersection and bike lanes there!

Any bike lane development is good news, but I still don’t understand this one. I guess it will let training riders go to the end of Adelaide and loop around to go back along Richmond.

 

[DSCToronto]

Any bike lane development is good news, but I still don’t understand this one. I guess it will let training riders go to the end of Adelaide and loop around to go back along Richmond.

Are they really extending the Adelaide bike lane the 100 yards from Parliament to Power? I think they planned to do sidewalk work at Adelaide and Power but bike lane in that block seems a bit foolish since bikes cannot go east of Power as it’s the Gardiner on ramp.

 

[max]

Are they really extending the Adelaide bike lane the 100 yards from Parliament to Power? I think they planned to do sidewalk work at Adelaide and Power but bike lane in that block seems a bit foolish since bikes cannot go east of Power as it’s the Gardiner on ramp.

Bikes can go east of Power. While motor vehicles can continue on that overpass to access the DVP on-ramp from Eastern, there is no prohibition on bicycles and I've definitely used it to access Eastern Ave from Adelaide on a bike.

It wasn't great, but I haven't tried it again since ot the recent construction though so no comment on the current infrastructure.

 

[DSCToronto]

Bikes can go east of Power. While motor vehicles can continue on that overpass to access the DVP on-ramp from Eastern, there is no prohibition on bicycles and I've definitely used it to access Eastern Ave from Adelaide on a bike.

It wasn't great, but I haven't tried it again since ot the recent construction though so no comment on the current infrastructure.

Too scary for me!

 

[Northern Light]

I looked into the Eastern/Adelaide reconstruction issue......

With the admonition that the docs I look at are not always 100% accurate and up to date.........the work here, in 2025 shows as entirely on Power Street, rather than Adelaide.

Power will create a loop/connection between Richmond and Adelaide, and access to both from points south/north as the case may be.

 

[max]

Too scary for me!

If still in the state it was in then, I wouldn't do it now. I would have taken the lane and counted on being seen, but the way people are distracted behind the wheel these days I'm more inclined to jog up Power to Queen to cross the river.

 

[DSCToronto]

I looked into the Eastern/Adelaide reconstruction issue......

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With the admonition that the docs I look at are not always 100% accurate and up to date.........the work here, in 2025 shows as entirely on Power Street, rather than Adelaide.

Power will create a loop/connection between Richmond and Adelaide, and access to both from points south/north as the case may be.

The sidewalk on the south side of the Eastern Avenue bridge HAS been widened from the DVP entrance to the ramp leading to Lower River Street and it is a mixed use pathway of decent width now. There are photos of it on the bridge thread SEE https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/eastern-avenue-bridge-dvp-interchange.34569/page-3

However, this will probably not go west past the ramp (or only if they take a traffic lane). Hard to see how cyclists on Adelaide would safely use it.as they would need to cross Adelaide to get to it. I suspect the 'Future Construction" dotted line on the plan above will not be built for MANY years, if ever.

 

[Northern Light]

The sidewalk on the south side of the Eastern Avenue bridge HAS been widened from the DVP entrance to the ramp leading to Lower River Street and it is a mixed use pathway of decent width now. There are photos of it on the bridge thread SEE https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/eastern-avenue-bridge-dvp-interchange.34569/page-3

I know.

However, this will probably not go west past the ramp

It will.

(or only if they take a traffic lane).

They won't

Hard to see how cyclists on Adelaide would safely use it.as they would need to cross Adelaide to get to it.

The Eastern Avenue bridge sidewalk/MUP will follow Adelaide on the south side, not Eastern, the Adelaide connection passes over Eastern Avenue's on-ramp.

I suspect the 'Future Construction" dotted line on the plan above will not be built for MANY years, if ever.

It will be built when the ramp is reconstructed. The existing paved deck is ~9.3M wide. One 3.3M car lane with one 3M car lane, leaves 3.0M for an MUP with no other changes. I don't know, but I imagine you may see a very small widening of the deck to allow room for the concrete barrier between traffic and pedestrians. There is room, for a 1M widening w/o issue, provided the existing abutments can support it.

 

[DSCToronto]

I know.



It will.



They won't



The Eastern Avenue bridge sidewalk/MUP will follow Adelaide on the south side, not Eastern, the Adelaide connection passes over Eastern Avenue's on-ramp.



It will be built when the ramp is reconstructed. The existing paved deck is ~9.3M wide. One 3.3M car lane with one 3M car lane, leaves 3.0M for an MUP with no other changes. I don't know, but I imagine you may see a very small widening of the deck to allow room for the concrete barrier between traffic and pedestrians. There is room, for a 1M widening w/o issue, provided the existing abutments can support it.

I defer to your opinion.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

With 2025 about to come to an end, I am trying to update my bike lane tracker file to confirm which bikeways were installed this year. I was able to confirm the following so far:

• Hallam from Bartlett to Dufferin
• Knox from Eastern to Lake Shore
• Millicent from Dufferin to Emereson
• Emerson from Dupont to Bloor
• Wallace from Lansdowne to St. Clarens
• Mill from Rathburn to Burnamthorpe
• Champagne from Chesswood to Finch
• Silverthorn from Rogers to St. Clair W
• Blackthorn from Rogers to Rockwell
• Steeles from Brimley McCowan
• Finch Hydro Corridor from Birchmount to Pharmacy
• Sentinel from Sheppard to Lamberton (including upgrades north of Dovehouse)
• The Meadoway from Midland to Marcos
• The Esplanade from Scott to Market
• Eastern from Lower River to DVP Ramp

Please call out any installations I may have missed and I'll update the tracker accordingly. I marked the East Don Trail (Phase 1) as being deferred to 2026 since final paving is still needed.

 

[robmausser]

The Bentway people are getting more serious about the7km MUP they want under the Gardiner

Toronto’s Next Great Connector - The Bentway

For years, the spaces beneath the Gardiner Expressway have been developed in fragments, resulting in short trail segments and disconnected public spaces. The Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan aims to address the current gaps by outlining a cohesive roadmap for improvements along the corridor...

thebentway.ca

 

[Northern Light]

The Bentway people are getting more serious about the7km MUP they want under the Gardiner

Toronto’s Next Great Connector - The Bentway

For years, the spaces beneath the Gardiner Expressway have been developed in fragments, resulting in short trail segments and disconnected public spaces. The Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan aims to address the current gaps by outlining a cohesive roadmap for improvements along the corridor...

thebentway.ca

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Let me make that just a little bit clearer by way of enlargement:

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

Looks like Port Union is done per a few photos shared by Sean Cooper in the Cycling in Toronto Facebook group.

Sean Richard Cooper

Finally checked out **Port Union Road** in Scarborough, and wow—this project has been *over 20 years in the making*, with two long years of construction to get it across the finish line. Fun fact:...

www.facebook.com

 

[TRONto]

So nice of the city to add those snow hills to do some jumps while biking