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[BurlOak]

How about at all/most subway stations as well? Many have extra-large bus bays that are used by employees to illegally park (btw, if it is legal or not, TTC is required to assess the employees a taxable benefit). Others have a small parkette out front. Why don't we install bike racks in either location?

How much does it cost to park a car, $20 a day. I guess bike parking would be about $1 or $2 a day.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Ugh I would love to be able to park a bike at the station. So much more convenient than bussing. I'd buy myself a bike just to shuttle myself the few blocks between the station and my house. These need to be installed at every station in the city.

If this were implemented I'd actually expect to see a tangible increase in the number of people biking. Especially if the parking were free.

 

[ehlow]

BUT MY CAR!

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I know you're kidding, but it doesn't necessarily take any space away from cars:

http://thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/bayview-station

That's the current plan for bayview station. You can see there's room for bike racks in front of the station.
That's just replacing a McDonalds.

There should probably be a bike parking station at Eglinton station too, maybe where the abandon bus bays are now.

 

[ehlow]

Oh yeah there is actually a bike parking facility at St Clair West station already:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6836...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sOeBh6bNDETmhLEy1plImsQ!2e0

 

[aquateam]

That's the current plan for bayview station. You can see there's room for bike racks in front of the station.
That's just replacing a McDonalds.

B-but the McDonalds!

If you want to see bike parking, you should see High Park station. Lots of special bike parking there, it seems well used too.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Oh yeah there is actually a bike parking facility at St Clair West station already:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6836...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sOeBh6bNDETmhLEy1plImsQ!2e0

I prefer indoor, secure bike parking stations. I worry that the ECLRT bike facilities will be nothing more than the typical on-street bike parking.

This is at Victoria Park Station:

 

[ehlow]

I prefer indoor, secure bike parking stations. I worry that the ECLRT bike facilities will be nothing more than the typical on-street bike parking.

This is at Victoria Park Station:

That's cool. I'm OK with normal parking like at St Clair West though. Maybe I'm wrong but I'd think that the bike you'd ride to the subway station to go to work usually isn't a very expensive bike.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Either way I don't want it stolen lol

 

[salsa]

Either way I don't want it stolen lol

I use two Kryptonite U-locks and a cable lock. Never had my bike stolen.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

From this link:

[h=3]Station Features[/h] All stations, stops and vehicles will be accessible for wheelchairs and strollers. The main station entrances will all have elevators and escalators and the vehicles will all have low floors for easy boarding. Each station will also have safety features such as Designated Waiting Areas and close circuit TV monitoring. All stations will have outdoor bike parking, with at least 50% covered. Select stations (Mount Dennis, Eglinton West, Don Mills, Kennedy) will have secure indoor parking.

 

[muller877]

I prefer indoor, secure bike parking stations. I worry that the ECLRT bike facilities will be nothing more than the typical on-street bike parking.

The main difference...price. A bunch or rings attached to a concrete pad should only cost $5000-20,000. A building, maintenence, janitorial, security, etc....I'd be scared how much the City paid for it.

As well, there are a lot of smaller areas that can be converted for outdoor bike parking. The indoor one would not fit into the dense urban envionment at most stations.

I agree with the other comments. Buy a beater bike and a good lock (which could cost you more than the beater bike).

I hope the City gets their act together and puts bike parking at every station where there is room.

 

[howl]

It's a great idea to have bike parking near transit stations.

Many people can transform their 10-20 min walk to the subway station into a 3-10 min bike ride. Feeder buses are good but bikes can extend the reach of the stations into areas & streets which are more difficult for buses to serve.

One thing about the Eglinton crosstown is that some entrances are in what are currently plaza parking lots. Hopefully they become small public squares, maybe smaller versions of something like Mt Royal station in Montreal:

It could be done at stations like Bayview or Laird.

From the plans I've seen many stations will have plaza's out front or immediately beside them. From memory I know Keele, Caledonia, Dufferin and Chaplin will all definitely have notable public spaces.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

I hope they're something more than a patch of concrete.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Could be of various types. See link.









Somehow, I don't believe we'll see the last photo here in Toronto. I could be wrong, hopefully.

 

[Johnny Au]

I know you're kidding, but it doesn't necessarily take any space away from cars:

http://thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/bayview-station

That's the current plan for bayview station. You can see there's room for bike racks in front of the station.
That's just replacing a McDonalds.

There should probably be a bike parking station at Eglinton station too, maybe where the abandon bus bays are now.

The people who designed that illustration must be holding a grudge on fast food.

Perhaps Bayview station (on the Crosstown) can have a McDonald's built above the southeast entrance; after all, Dundas West and St. Clair stations both have McDonald's within the paid area and McDonald's would help offset the cost of maintaining the station.