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Have you actually been along Bloor Street recently? I walk or take the subway there most days. Traffic is MUCH worse around Avenue Road than it was before the bike lane was put in. The road narrows from 4 lanes east of Avenue to 2 lanes west of Avenue and it is a major bottleneck. The section of...

Traffic has gotten much worse on Bloor west of Avenue since the bike lane was installed. This reminds me of the "pedestrian scrambles" at Bloor & Yonge and Bay & Yonge which caused severe traffic jams in that area. Once the pedestrian scramble at Bay & Bloor was removed, traffic got a lot better...

I think the total number of accidents is what matters. An increase of 6 accidents is a very undesirable outcome. People are ignoring the fact that bicycling is a dangerous activity. These separated bike lanes might be marginally safer than no bike lanes but they are still dangerous and if they...

It says right in the report that the number of bike accidents on Sherbourne went up from 11 to 17 when the separated bike lanes were installed. Although the number of bike accidents per bicyclist went down the number of total bike accidents went up.

This sounds like a band aid solution. The proper solution is to build the downtown relief line. Also I can't see how closing such a long section of King between Dufferin and River to cars is going to be at all popular, though it is unclear what this proposal actually includes and whether the...

I have to say that the disruption caused by the Toronto marathons (particularly Waterfront Marathon) is far worse than the NYC marathon today. The closure of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is really dumb because it closes the only road between Staten Island and the rest of NYC and forces drivers...

Some of these events (like the marathons, the triathlon and the "Ride for Heart" event) cause so much disruption that there are massive traffic jams and it is practically impossible to get around. Also I strongly suspect that the negative effect on the economy caused by getting millions of...

There isn't any real reason that the Remembrance Day ceremony can't be moved somewhere else, except for politics of course. Though part of the problem is that November 11 is on a weekday most years. If Remembrance Day were a statutory holiday then closing roads for Remembrance Day would be less...

Toronto has far more of these road closures than any other city I can think of. Only in Toronto do we shut down really busy roads like Gardiner, DVP and Lake Shore for no reason. Also the fact that Toronto has a streetcar system makes the issue of road closures a lot worse since streetcar lines...

The whole issue of excessive numbers of road closures in Toronto has got out of control. Every single weekend between March and November (and sometimes on weekdays in rush hour) there are events closing roads all over the place and almost all of these events detour TTC bus and streetcar service...

I have often seen cars illegally driving on the bike path portion of Queen's Quay. The traffic can get really bad along there much of the time.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/oconnor-bike-lane-safety-cyclists-undeterred-1.3822301 A new separated bike lane opened on O'Connor Avenue in Ottawa today and already there has been an accident. Are separated bike lanes really safe? This is about 2 months after the widely publicized death...

GO buses 16, 21, and 31 will not go to Union Station between 9am and 8pm on October 22-23 due to Gardiner closure. For the second weekend in a row GO bus service is severely disrupted.

I don't think this is a problem. As long as the parking fee is reasonable enough that the parking lots are still close to full, people will still take GO Transit. Improved bus service should make up any loss of ridership from fewer people driving to GO stations. Also if traffic on DVP, Gardiner...

Every streetcar route except 512 will be detoured or closed for Waterfront Marathon tomorrow. 511 Bathurst will be closed entirely. This is not acceptable. Signs are everywhere in the TTC, though there are ought to be announcements on the PA system like there were for the TIFF King streetcar...

In other news related to GO buses Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed 5am to 2pm for "Waterfront Marathon", severely delaying GO bus service. Also 511 Bathurst will be completely closed for a few hours and sections of 501 Queen and 504 King will be closed and many other TTC routes will be...

Woodbine bikes approved. Why am I not surprised with this council?

That is seriously misleading because ocean currents make those cities in Europe warmer despite being at higher latitudes.

I don't dispute that bike lanes are a lot cheaper than a subway, but you get what you pay for. Toronto needs a larger subway system and better GO train and bus service. Bicycling is not a very safe method of transportation, it is impractical in the winter and bike lanes often take away road...

Build a larger subway system. Taking the subway is a lot safer than riding a bicycle in Toronto.