MisterF
Senior Member
That's good news. Huntingwood is ridiculously wide for a residential street, and there's plenty of room for bike lanes and parking.
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
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afransen
Senior Member
And making it narrower should help with speeding.
salsa
Senior Member
I found this great story on twitter about how an SUV family turned into a year round bicycle family.
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Towered
Senior Member
I wish the city would line every bike lane with these types of blocks - is that feasible?
ADRM
Senior Member
The City's position is that physical separation is only possible on bike lanes where there is already a painted buffer (the reasons given for this are inconsistent and easily troubleshot). Since Becky Katz started, though, they've been whittling away at their own justification (and it should be noted that the Cycling and Transportation departments don't always see eye to eye on this sort of thing) which has led them to install physical separation on narrower painted buffers (like River St. in front of the Timmies and portions of Dundas E.). This is obviously a very welcome (if obvious and overdue) development.
Advocates had been trying for years to get concrete barriers added to Strachan, Harbord, Hoskin, Lansdowne, Richmond and other stretches where the City has recently finally added them, and all of that has happened under Becky's watch. Her predecessors, especially Shawn Dillon, were harmfully useless (at best), so her leadership is an extremely welcome development.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Not with the current anti-cyclist councillors on city council.
H4F33Z
Active Member
Short gap filled for the Waterfront Trail.
Northern Light
Superstar
Now, imagine how much nicer that could be; IF, the Kingston Rd. concrete median were removed here, the streetlights moved to the sides, and room for a tree-lined buffer from the road was added.
For reference, this is one of the photos from Becky Katz Twitter, linked in the above post:
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Northern Light
Superstar
While we're at it.........this 1.5ha section of land could be acquired by the City, for a whole lot less the Rail Deck Park..........LOL.......
But create something amazing.
It would link the City-Owned Harrison Properties, with Rosetta McClain Gardens.
It would, more germane to this thread; create (potentially) 369M of new Waterfront Trail (designated); but in reality, the 'Trail' on the Harrison Properties is little more than a desire line; so you could actually gain ~550M.
We're a small number of homes removed on the east side of Rosetta; you could link this with Scarborough Heights Park and add 1.1km of Trail!
But create something amazing.
It would link the City-Owned Harrison Properties, with Rosetta McClain Gardens.
It would, more germane to this thread; create (potentially) 369M of new Waterfront Trail (designated); but in reality, the 'Trail' on the Harrison Properties is little more than a desire line; so you could actually gain ~550M.
We're a small number of homes removed on the east side of Rosetta; you could link this with Scarborough Heights Park and add 1.1km of Trail!
Undead
Senior Member
I think with the way development is coming along on Kingston—this area will become a major midrise corridor in the next however many years. And this will bring pedestrian, cycling and other public realm improvements. Reminds me of Queensway a bit.
Nice phrase! I am stealing that to use in all sorts of contexts.
Northern Light
Superstar
That's the can-do spirit.
I'm nominating you to be chief lobbyist in favour of same!
Every idea needs its passionate advocate!
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urbanflight
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Northern Light
Superstar
Albeit at a glacial pace; we are moving a bit closer to filling in the Humber Gap in the Bike Trail system.
A report went to the TRCA Board of Directors meeting on November 20th seeking approval to proceed with an Environmental Assessment for the project.
Report link here:
Tentative schedule is start work early in 2021 and complete the EA by November of next year.
A report went to the TRCA Board of Directors meeting on November 20th seeking approval to proceed with an Environmental Assessment for the project.
Report link here:
Tentative schedule is start work early in 2021 and complete the EA by November of next year.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Would like to see more bridges for cyclists and pedestrians over the rivers. Can't use the 401 ramps for bicycles to cross the Humber River, for example.
Towered
Senior Member
Good to see - that current jog that cyclists are forced to endure is ridiculous.